Introduction

It would not be possible to adequately represent the importance of the teachers and schools in this community. African American teachers and schools played the leading role of teaching young students how important they were, and that they could be somebody.  

This exhibit aims to represent the significance of these special individuals and institutions by looking at segregated schools, and the importance of teachers in the classroom as well as in the community.  

The exhibit also includes a look into the Allen School, which was an African-American female boarding school in Asheville.  Lastly, we will take a look at higher education for African-American students in far western North Carolina, with a spotlight on Western Carolina University.