Photographer and community historian Andrea Clark, who spent decades working to ensure Asheville’s Black history would not be forgotten, has died, according to multiple Oct. 29 social media posts.
Through her photography of Asheville’s East End neighborhood and her efforts to honor her grandfather, master brickmason James Vester Miller, Clark helped document stories that might otherwise be lost.
“Her photos captured everyday people, community gatherings, storefronts and the beauty of a neighborhood that was later devastated by urban renewal,” local writer and speaker Aisha Adams wrote in a Facebook post honoring Clark’s legacy. “Her archive is one of the few remaining records of a Black community that once thrived here.”…