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Asheville's first Black police officer, Gilbert Sligh. Officer Sligh installed the members of this safety patrol group -- the first to have safety patrol belts and badges. L.B. Herring, Principal.

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Title
Safety Patrols, Mountain Street School
Date (Text)
September 10, 1946
Date
1946-09-10
Geographic Coverage
Asheville (N.C.)
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Subject (Topic)
African Americans--North Carolina--History.
African Americans--Appalachian Region--History.
Subject (Images)
Subject (Name)
Type
Image
Format
Photographs
Group portraits
Language
English
Dimensions
4.5" x 3.25"
Digital Exhibit
Heritage of Black Highlanders
Local Item/Call Number
HBH016
Standard Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Contributing Institution
Contact Information
Special Collections, UNC Asheville | CPO# 1500, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804 | speccoll@unca.edu | 828-251-6645
Digital Collection
Images of North Carolina
Linked Resources
Images in the Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection include photographs collected by Lucy Herring and other leaders of Asheville’s African American community in 1977. The collection is housed in Special Collections, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville,

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