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Brenda Blount and Judy West Brooks sing together
Two women singing in praise to the Lord
Andrews Colored-Negro School
It is a black and white photo of the back of the school. There are three trees on the let and a dirt road to the right.
The Walker Inn of Old Valleytown
The Walker Inn of Old Valleytown
The Gathering of the Elders
Elders gathered together to share their vast knowledge with the younger generation
Rev Bruce Edward Oliver and Deacon Johnny Allen baptizing Frankie Jones in Valley River.
River baptism
Rev Charlsie Sweat
Charlsie is the female assistant pastor in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Andrews, in Cherokee County.
Higher Education
Western Carolina University accepted the school’s first African American student in 1957. Levern Hamlin was the first black student to be admitted and enrolled in a predominantly white state-supported college in North Carolina, according to…