Growing up in Buncombe County, Angel Redmond never thought much about Stephens-Lee High School, the institution that educated Black students in Western North Carolina for four decades until it closed in 1965. “I did have aunts and uncles who went there, but I didn’t realize how much of an impact Stephens-Lee had,” says Redmond, who […]
“The charge that PEAK Academy is a racist school makes little sense, given they do accept white students.”
“Someone got the ‘ends justify the means’ idea that because their agenda is OK, ignoring the law of the land is also OK.”
PEAK officials are adamant that all applicants for student and faculty positions are welcome, regardless of race, and that the school does not discriminate in any way.
