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Abraham H. Peeler Papers

Born in Greensboro, Abraham H. Peeler (1904-1991) was an important leader in the local African American community for many decades. Perhaps best remembered as the principal of J.C. Price Elementary School from 1931 to 1969, he also maintained a lifelong interest in organized sports and officiated at high school and college football and basketball games for 32 years. This collection is rich in information relating to the local public school system, particularly J.C. Price School, and the evolution of African American education in North Carolina. The digitized items include a minute book from Ashe Street School, photographs of students at Dudley High School, and printed material relating to the NC Negro Teachers Association. The digitized materials pertaining to J.C. Price School include teachers' handbooks compiled by Peeler and numerous images of the school and its students.

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Ashe Street School
Photograph of Ashe Street School with the student body posed in front of the building.
Ashe Street School minute book
This minute book composed between 1920 and 1924 is a record of the development of the Ashe Street Parent Teachers' Association and its change into the J.C. Price Parent Teachers' Association. Topics include descriptions of meetings, elections of officers, treasury reports, a petition to the Greensboro Board of Education, records of donations and fundraising activities, and accounts of the foundations of the Ashe Street Parent Teachers' Association. Also includes the PTA resolution to name the new school after Grace McLean Nelson instead of J.C. Price, and the later decision to name the PTA chapter after Price.
Group of Dudley High School students
A group of eight Dudley High School students pose outside the doors to a building.
Group of Dudley High School students
A group of seventeen Dudley High School students, including one young woman in a school sweater, pose on the steps of a building.
Group of Dudley High School students
A group of Dudley High School students sit on the lawn with a teacher.
Group of Dudley High School students
A group of seventeen Dudley High School students, including one young woman in a school sweater, pose on the steps of a building.
Group of Dudley High School students
A group of Dudley High School students sit on the lawn with a teacher.
Group of Dudley High School students
A large portion of the student body at Dudley High School poses together outside the school building.
Group of Dudley High School students
A group of ten Dudley High School students pose behind a fountain.
Group of Dudley High School students
A group of Dudley High School students pose on the steps of a building with a teacher.
Group of Dudley High School students
Three male athletes from Dudley High School pose outdoors.
Group of Dudley High School students
A large portion of the student body at Dudley High School poses together outside the school building.
Group around a desk
A group of young men and women gathered around a desk in an office.
Office staff
Young women and men working in the office at Dudley High School.
Group of Dudley High School students
A group of Dudley High School students pose on the steps of a building with a teacher.
Dudley High School basketball team
Members of the Dudley High School basketball team pose on the basketball court.
Dudley High School basketball team
Members of the Dudley High School basketball team pose on the basketball court.
Basketball game
Members of the Dudley High School basketball team gathered on either side of the basket for a free throw.
Dudley High School marching band
The Dudley High School band marches across an athletic field.
Miss Dudley High parade float
Miss Dudley High and her court ride aboard a decorated parade float.

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