Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School
Long Ridge Community, Mars Hill, NC
The museum room is taking shape! With a bit more work, the room will be finished and ready for tours. The room includes panels from the exhibition “Our Story, This Place — The History of African American Education in Madison Read More …
A special meeting of the Friends group will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, from 1-3:00 PM at the school.
Mars Hill University’s spring commencement ceremony honored not only nearly 175 graduates, but also the university’s first African American student. Oralene Simmons, who broke the color barrier in the early 1960s, was presented an honorary doctorate. The commencement speaker was Read More …
Three officials with the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources came to visit the School on Thursday, April 7, 2022. They met with Willa Wyatt and alumni of the school to see the progress that has been made Read More …
1905 – President Moore of Mars Hill College, while serving as Superintendent of Madison County Schools with the Board of Education, built a new Mars Hill Colored Elementary school building in what became the Long Ridge Community in Mars Hill,1 Read More …
A quilting and storytelling project, led by Teaching Artist Jenny Pickens, became a lens for helping girls honor the stories of the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School’s alumni and former teachers. The new humanities PageLab, connecting history and the arts, Read More …
Sunday, March 20, 2022 Enjoy an afternoon of historical reenactments honoring our ancestors, as well as acknowledging alumni of, and welcoming descendants of, the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School and Long Ridge Community. The event will begin with a ceremony Read More …
Fatimah Shabazz, Sally Gooze, and Supt. Ronald Gates of Greater Works Church of Christ in God were interviewed by Carol Anders of 103.3 FM radio. These representatives of the Rosenwald Collaborative explained the history of the Anderson School and the Read More …
Take a trip to the 1920s when Rosenwald Schools were being constructed across the south. The photographs in this collection depict construction efforts and building progress, newly completed buildings, and damaged buildings or buildings in disrepair. Students and local residents, Read More …
Join the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 11AM for their first in-person event of the year. This event is free and open to the public. Influenced by the work of Booker T. Washington, Read More …