Although he never learned to read and write, Oscar Avery was proficient in the skills CPR, first aid, and other skills he needed as a volunteer fire fighter. http://hendersonheritage.com/early-leaders-of-fire-department/
Many of the slaves owned by wealthy Charleston planters chose to remain in Flat Rock after the Civil War. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41446547?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
St. John in the Wilderness Church has about 100 graves of slaves, freed men and women, and African American servants. https://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/874/
Robert Quinn wired local theaters and churches in the 1930’s. This interview with his wife was done in 1939 through the National Writers Project. https://www.loc.gov/resource/wpalh2.27080215/?sp=1
After the Civil War Freed slaves settled in several communities throughout Henderson County. These communities were centered around Black churches. http://hendersonheritage.com/black-history-post-civil-war-to-1900/
Black families in Edneyville have farmed in the area since before the Civil War. http://hendersonheritage.com/black-history-in-edneyville/
The Eula B. Owens Play School was opened in 1955 and named in honor of a woman who taught at Sixth Avenue School and Ninth Avenue for over 30 years. It began with a vision of three people at the Star of Bethel Missionary Baptist …
The Ninth Avenue School The Ninth Avenue School served African American students from Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties from 1951 until 1965. In May of 1950 a grant for “ninety-six thousand, six hundred dollars and twenty-nine cents from the School Plant Construction and Repair Fund …
Although its resources were limited, the Sixth Avenue School had dedicated teachers. The school also served as a African-American community center from 1916 until l951. The Sixth Avenue School was constructed at the northeast comer of Sixth Avenue and Valley Street in 1916 on one …
John Marable was an innovative principal who instituted sports teams and a marching band, and led the transition from the Sixth Avenue School to the larger, better equipped Ninth Avenue School John Marable became principal of Sixth Avenue School in 1946, and during his thirteen …