Posts in category Kingville Community

William Henry Wall

March 4, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

William Henry Wall Posted: Monday, August 6, 2007 9:10 am By Carrie Crespo, Staff Writer In a time of segregation, there were many silent role models in Stanly County. One such unsung role model was William Henry Wall, a black man who served as a brick mason and was active in his church and his community. Described as looking stern with a so [...]

Rosenwald School Exhibit Visitors

January 21, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Kingville Community – William H...

January 11, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Principal Annual Reports

January 11, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

The North Carolina Archives house Principal Annual Reports from high schools around the state. The Division of Negro Education began in 1913 as the office of the Associate Supervisor of Rural Elementary Schools with the responsibility for promoting Negro education. In 1917 the title of the position was changed to State Agent for Negro School [...]

Kingville High School

January 11, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Kingville School’s history is listed below the photographs. In 1936, Stanly County built new brick school buildings in Norwood and Kingville. Below are links to Kingville’s architectural plans. (The following information is excerpted from the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Albemarle Graded School – Ce [...]

Rosenwald Schools and the Kingville C...

January 11, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

In 1912, Booker T. Washington approached philanthropist Julius Rosenwald about his concept to build rural schools desperately needed for African American children across the segregated south. That partnership sparked an initiative that eventually created more than 5300 schools, vocational shops and teacher’s homes across 15 states in the Sout [...]