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Tuesday, July 07, 2020 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Education, Local History, Photograph Collection

New Research Reveals New Information:

Asheville’s First Public Schools For Blacks For more than a year, I have collected every newspaper article on the Beaumont Academy, Beaumont School and the Mountain Street School, in my quest to gather information on the first public schools for blacks in Asheville. But something puzzled me – where was the original location of the
Asheville School CommitteeBeaumont AcademyBeaumont SchoolBlack AshevilleBlack EducationBlack Elementary EducationBlack HistoryBlack SchoolsMountain Street School
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Friday, March 13, 2020 / Published in African Americans, Education, Local History

A Most Exceptional Man: The Conclusion of the Edward S. Stephens Story

The first two posts in this series traced Edward Stephens’s career from St. Louis to Asheville to Topeka.  We saw him succeed as well as fail as he tried to lift up his race with his work in schools and black YMCAs.  This new post brings the story to a conclusion by looking at how
African American HistoryAfrican American SchoolsAfrican AmericansBlack EducationBlack SchoolsBlack TeachersBooker T. WashingtonBridgeport ConnecticutEdward S. StephensIzie Reddick StephensKansas Technical InstituteSegregationStephens-Lee Alumni AssociationStephens-Lee High SchoolTopekaTopeka Industrial Institute
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Thursday, March 05, 2020 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Education, Local History

A Most Exceptional Man: The Edward S. Stephens Story (Part Two)

In Part One we focused on Stephens’s work as a principal and teacher in the Asheville City Schools and as the organizer and first general secretary of the Young Men’s Institute (YMI).  In this new post, we’ll look at the events that led to Stephens’s departure from Asheville and the work he and his wife
African American EducationAsheville Free KindergartenAsheville School CommitteeBlack EducationBlack TeachersCatholic Hill SchoolCharles McNameeEdward S. StephensIndustrial and Educational Institute of TopeksInstitute for Colored YouthIzie RiddickKansasStephens-Lee High SchoolTopekaTopeka Industrial InstituteW. W. WestYMI
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Thursday, April 04, 2019 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Local History

EVENT: A Tribute to the Faculty of Stephens-Lee High School

“The Castle on the hill” A Tribute to the Faculty of Stephens-Lee TUESDAY April 9, 2019 FROM 6:00 to 8:00 PM Held at the Stephens-Lee Center 30 George Washington Carver Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 This Event is Free and Open to the Public Light appetizers will be served (South Charlotte Street, left on Max Street,
Black EducationJr. Association of Asheville & Buncombe CountyLegal SegregationMartin Luther KingStephens-Lee Alumni AssociationStephens-Lee High School
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Exhibits, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History

The Faculty of Stephens-Lee High School: A Tribute

Stephens-Lee High School, known of as “The Castle on the Hill,” was designed by Asheville architect Ronald Greene at a cost of $115,000 and opened on March 7, 1923. It was designed for a capacity of 900 students and it opened with 856. It was the only public high school for blacks in Asheville. Some
Black EducationBlack History MonthDesegregationElynora M. FosterHood HuggersIntegrationMadison C. LennonMiss Gladys I. Pierce ForneyStephens-Lee High School

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