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H.K. Edgerton, Asheville native, black Southern heritage activist, former local NAACP president, Vance Monument backer, dies

From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Harold Kenneth “H.K.” Edgerton, an Asheville native, a U.S. Army veteran, an African-American Southern heritage activist and a former president of the Asheville branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, recently died at age 77 on Jan. 18. “According to several social media posts, Edgerton ‘passed away peacefully in his sleep’ after a prolonged illness on Jan. 18 at the Ashevill…
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ashevilledailyplanet.com broke the news in on Monday, February 9, 2026.
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