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Ninth Avenue School celebration is today

Hendersonville Middle School is inviting Ninth Avenue School alumni and their families to a drop-in “Ninth Avenue School Day” Community Celebration from 3 to 4 p.m. today at the middle school. Read Story »

Tags: Ninth Avenue School | African-American history | black history

Henderson County News

MLK Jr. Unity program celebrates African American businesses, schools

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The 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Celebration evolved to a virtual program this year with a video celebration honoring the civil rights leader and celebrating Hendersonville's community of color during Jim Crow segregation. Read Story »

Henderson County News

MLK Unity Breakfast attendees honor Ninth Avenue School

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Members of the community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day remembered the old Sixth Avenue and Ninth Avenue schools, 55 years after the last school bell marked the end of “separate but equal” racial segregation in Hendersonville schools. Read Story »

Tags: Ninth Avenue School | Martin Luther King Jr. | civil rights

Henderson County News

Old HHS, Ninth Avenue School yearbooks digitized, available to public

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Old yearbooks from Hendersonville High School and the Ninth Avenue School are now available on line at the Digital Heritage Center thanks to a project by the Henderson County Public Library to scan and preserve them. Read Story »

Tags: Ninth Avenue School | HHS Alumni Association | HHS Hall of Fame | HHS