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Madison County Board of Education Resolution

Posted onJanuary 5, 2019March 5, 2019AuthorWebmaster

Reading of the Resolution for the Anderson Rosenwald School by the Madison County Board of Education. The Madison County Board of Education Members and Principals read the Resolution for the Anderson Rosenwald School honoring the 90th Anniversary of the school. Read More …

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Groundbreaking Ceremony 2015 Video

Posted onJanuary 17, 2016AuthorWebmaster

Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School Groundbreaking Ceremony, November 13, 2015 in Mars Hill, North Carolina (Madison County). Video created by Theresa E. Phillips and Ryan E. Phillips, Legacy Films Ltd., www.legacyfilmsltd.com

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Interview with Dr. David L. Briscoe – Video

Posted onSeptember 18, 2015September 18, 2015AuthorWebmaster

Richard Dillingham interviews Dr. David L. Briscoe at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Mars Hill, North Carolina in 2015. Thank you Dr. Briscoe for allowing us to capture this great information for future generations to enjoy. Thank you Richard Read More …

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Our Story, This Place: Video Documentary of the 2014-15 Exhibition

Posted onSeptember 10, 2015September 10, 2015AuthorWebmaster

Our Story, This Place: Museum Exhibition Documentary filmed at the Rural Heritage Museum at Mars Hill University in 2014-15. The History of African American Education in Western North Carolina. The Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School. The last remaining Rosenwald school Read More …

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Video from the Appalachian Studies Conference

Posted onApril 9, 2015April 27, 2015AuthorWebmaster

The Appalachian Studies Conference presentation took place on March 28, 2015 at ETSU. Thank you Les, Oralene, Fatimah, and Omar for your great stories and history. Thanks to Ryan Philips and Legacy Films for videotaping the presentation. Mars Hill University Read More …

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Personal Recollections of the Anderson Rosenwald School Video

Posted onNovember 24, 2014November 24, 2014AuthorWebmaster

Thursday, November 13, 2014 Broyhill Chapel, 6:30 p.m., on the campus of Mars Hill University Panel presentation, moderated by Kevin Barnette (assistant football coach at MHU) to include Anderson Rosenwald school alumni: Oralene Simmons, Charity Ray, Dorthy Ray, Omar Lewis Read More …

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“One Anderson” 2014 Presentation Video

Posted onNovember 24, 2014November 24, 2014AuthorWebmaster

Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in Broyhill Chapel, on the campus of Mars Hill University. “One Anderson,” the story of Oralene Simmons and Suzie Anderson. Great Great Granddaughters to Slave owner J.W. Anderson and Joe Anderson. Video by Read More …

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Mars Hill Rosenwald School Work Day

Posted onAugust 8, 2013AuthorWebmaster

On June 29, 2013, volunteers from Mars Hill and the surrounding area came together and worked to clean up the Rosenwald School site. The addition to the school, which had collapsed,  was removed. This is a 60 second video of Read More …

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Historic Anderson Rosenwald Rehabilitation Project

Posted onMarch 28, 2013August 8, 2013AuthorWebmaster

Faculty, staff, and students have played a major roll this year in the creation of the Historic Anderson Rosenwald Rehabilitation Project. The project’s two goals are to rebuild and preserve the structure of the Anderson Rosenwald School (ARS) and to Read More …

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MLK Service Day 2011

Posted onOctober 18, 2011May 2, 2013AuthorWebmaster

A video filmed of work done at the Rosenwald School by Dr. Marc Mullinax during MHC’s MLK Service Day.

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History

Madison Meets its Obligation – News-Record, August 27, 1964

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Historical Notes 1905-1927

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Mars Hill Negroes Seek New School – News-Record, April 9, 1964

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Board of Education Minutes 1905-1966

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Did Yancey County Students Attend the Mars Hill Colored School In the 1950s?

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    • The Vision of Dr. Booker T. Washington & Mr. Julius Rosenwald
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