Asheville’s First Public Schools For Blacks For more than a year, I have collected every newspaper article on the Beaumont … More
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A Most Exceptional Man: Edward S. Stephens (Part One)
This post begins the two-part story of Edward Stephens and his work in Asheville and other cities. Although Stephens wasn’t … More
Asheville’s First City Schools for Black Students, Part five: Builders of Black Schools (concluded)
This installment offers a look at the life and career of the fifth of the five original teachers at Asheville’s … More
ASHEVILLE’S FIRST CITY SCHOOLS FOR BLACK STUDENTS, Part Four: Builders of Black Schools (Continued)
In our last post in this series on early black public schools, we looked at the lives and careers of … More
ASHEVILLE’S FIRST CITY SCHOOLS FOR BLACK STUDENTS, Part Three: Builders of Black Schools
The Creation of a Public School System for the City of Asheville, 1887-1888 Setting Up the System and Hiring the … More
Asheville’s First City Schools for Black Students Part Two: African Americans Help Build the City and Its School System
Part One of this series began with a survey of private and religious efforts to educate Asheville’s black children in … More
