School Life

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

John Marable, Principal of the Ninth Avenue School

After serving as Principal of the Ninth Avenue School, John Marable played an important role in community organizations like the ...
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Alma Avery Interview

Alma Avery shares her experiences growing up in poverty and then later working in a box factory in Henderson County ...
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Brickton Colored School

Brickton Colored School served African American students in the Fletcher area from the time it was built in 1930 until ...
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Mr. Walter Allman, The Gentleman Custodian

The Henderson County Education Foundation inducted eight honorees into the Education Foundation Hall of Fame on April 26, 2007, at ...
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