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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
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Education, Local History, Photograph Collection

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 one of the original five black teachers when the Asheville public schools opened in January 1888, he came to the system two years later and made lasting contributions to the black community as a teacher,
African American SchoolsAsheviile School CommitteeBeaumont SchoolBlack Elementary EducationBlack SchoolsBlack TeachersCatholic Hill SchoolEdward S. StephensMountain Street SchoolMt. Zion Missionary Baptist ChurchSegregated SchoolsStephens-Lee High SchoolYMI
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Thursday, June 06, 2019 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Local History

“A Tribute to the Stephens-Lee High School” is Now on Video

“A Tribute to the Stephens-Lee High School” as presented by the North Carolina Room on April 9, 2019 at the Stephens-Lee Center is now on video! Here’s a call out to black Asheville. here’s the goal: LET’S DOCUMENT EVERY FACULTY MEMBER WHO EVER TAUGHT AT STEPHENS-LEE! What better way to honor these people who gave
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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,
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Friday, December 28, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History, Manuscript Collection

Asheville Black Family History and Stephens-Lee High School Graduates

Are any of these people your relatives?   Former graduates of Stephens-Lee High School, educational achievements and biographical information. We felt very fortunate to find these photographs, as well as the information regarding when these early graduates of Stephens-Lee completed their studies. The further information about their later educational attainments and what the were doing
African American EducationAfrican American HistoryLila Bennett BrogdonMary Russell HallMiss Leona C. McCoolMountain Street SchoolStephens-Lee Alumni AssociationStephens-Lee Archive RoomStephens-Lee CenterStephens-Lee High School
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Friday, July 13, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Exhibits, Local History

Stephens-Lee High School Reunion June 2018

The North Carolina Room was graciously invited to attend the Stephens-Lee Alumni Reunion Friday night’s festivities on July 6th, 2018 at the Stephens-Lee Center. We met and talked with some wonderful people–all of whom were so proud of being graduates of Stephens-Lee. We collected some good stories and memories while there.   Stephens-Lee opened March
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Friday, March 09, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History

The Highly Qualified Teachers of Stephens-Lee

The Faculty of Stephens-Lee High School: A Tribute Stephens-Lee teachers had a sense of collective pride that students, parents, and the black community could share. A major source of pride was the academic degrees the teachers held. Black high school students sometimes boasted that their teachers were better educated than the teachers at the all-white
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Thursday, March 01, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History

The Social Context of Teaching at Stephens-Lee High School

The Faculty of Stephens-Lee High School: A Tribute     Elynora Foster was the kind of teacher her students and colleagues remembered. Mrs. Foster’s work as a U.S. history and social studies teacher put her in a perfect position to tell her students about the contributions African Americans had made to the nation and the
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