NCABHSA MEMBERS IN THE PRINCEVILLE PARADE- DEC 4, 2009
THE NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI (NCABHSA) PARTICIPATED IN THE PRINCEVILLE CHRISTMAS PARADE ON DECEMBER 4, 2009 IN PRINCEVILLE, NC. IT WAS A JOYOUS EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHO WERE CHALLENGED BY A COLD AND WET RIDE THROUGH THE STREETS OF PRINCEVILLE, NC.WITH STREETS LINED WITH THE SMILING FACES OF MANY CHILDREN AND PARENTS. IN ADDITION TO SHARING IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND TOSSING CANDY, NCABHSA'S PURPOSE IN THE PARADE WAS TO ACQUAINT THOSE ALONG THE ROUTE WITH A PART OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT IS NOT WRITTEN OR TALKED ABOUT MUCH. NCABHSA IS COMMITTED TO REMEMBERING THE HISTORY OF BLACK EDUCATION THAT WAS SHARED BY MANY FORMER AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MEMBERS PROUDLY WORE THEIR T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS THAT SHOWED THE ORGANIZATION'S NAME. IT IS NCABHSA'S HOPES THAT THIS PROUD HISTORY WILL BE REMEMBERED BY ALL AND THAT THE ORGANIZATION CAN SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT WILL ENCOURAGE ALL YOUTH TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS IN EDUCATION AND SOCIETY.
THE HONORABLE G. K. BUTTERFIELD
THE 2009 NCABHSA AFTER THANKSGIVING DINNER DANCE WAS HELD NOV 27, 2009 AT THE OD MOORE ALUMNI CENTER IN NASHVILLE, NC.
THE HONORABLE G. K. BUTTERFIELD JOINED US AND MADE REMARKS ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS DURING THE PERIOD OF SEGREGATION IN NORTH CAROLINE, 1920 TO 1970 AND COMMENDED THE EVENT AND ORGANIZATION FOR ITS VISION AND KEEPING THE EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND LEGACY ALIVE. REPRESENTATIVE BUTTERFIELD ATTENDED DARDEN HIGH SCHOOL IN WILSON AND IS A MEMBER OF ITS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
NCABHSA COLLECTED TWO LARGE BOXES OF TOYS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN FOR THE TOYS FOR TOTS DRIVE AS WELL AS A SIZABLE MONETARY DONATIONS FOR THE CAUSE.
