School Life
Photo Credit: Irma Mills and her students from the Green Mountain School, Fruitland. Courtesy of Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, UNCAsheville Ramsey Library
School Life
Overview of African American Education Before Integration
Through the hard work of many people, Henderson County’s Black schools endured, persevered, and often prospered in less than ideal ...
Ninth Avenue School Year Books
All 16 of the Yearbooks from the Ninth Avenue School are available at: https://lib.digitalnc.org/search?ln=en&rm=&ln=en&sf=year&so=a&rg=10&c=DigitalNC&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0&p=903%3AHendersonCountyPublicLibrary_091019_TKD_01903%3AHendersonCountyPublicLibrary_091019_TKD_01 - Search Results – DigitalNC ...
The Community Council
In the early 1960's Henderson County's Community Council successfully pressed for the desegregation of schools and other reforms. Excerpt from ...
Education in Henderson County From 1865 Until 1916
There are very few records for the Henderson County schools relating to Blacks, but it appears that education for Blacks ...
Principal John Marable
John Marable was an innovative principal who instituted sports teams and a marching band, and led the transition from the ...
The Sixth Avenue School
Although its resources were limited, the Sixth Avenue School had dedicated teachers. The school also served as a African-American community ...
The Ninth Avenue School
The Ninth Avenue School The Ninth Avenue School served African American students from Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties from 1951 ...
Pre-School Education – Eula B. Owens Play School
The Eula B. Owens Play School was opened in 1955 and named in honor of a woman who taught at ...
Green Mountain School
Photo Credit: Irma Mills and her students from the Green Mountain School, Fruitland. Courtesy of Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, UNCAsheville ...
Flat Rock’s Rosenwald School
Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, donated funds to build 5,000 schools for African Americans in the 1920’s. One of them ...
