Stories of Desegregation from the Snowbird Day School 1935-1965

As part of UNC Asheville commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education decision that struck down school segregation laws, Assistant Professor Trey Adcock, director of UNC Asheville’s Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, will share the history of the Snowbird Day School. This event, free and open to everyone, takes place at 6 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto.

Snowbird Day School was attended by hundreds of children who were members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). Adcock has led a project combining oral histories, and photo and document collection to shed light on the different experiences at the school which was founded by Quakers but later run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The project has been funded by the Whiting Foundation and EBCI.

To learn more about all of UNC Asheville’s Brown v. Board of Education commemorative events in April, see the news release.