Coalition to Host Third Soup Supper to Benefit Historic Mt. Olive Cemetery on Feb. 18

Written By Heath Nettles

The Madison County Racial Justice Coalition will host its second Black History Month Fundraiser to support the maintenance and beautification the the Long Ridge Community’s Historic Mount Olive Cemetery on February 18.

We’re grateful to our community and local businesses who generously supported the 2022 and 2023 events that raised more than $7,000 to support the historic Mt. Olive Cemetery.

Photos from the February 2022 & 2023 Soup[er] Fundraisers

About Mt. Olive Cemetery in Mars Hill

Founded in 1936, the Mount Olive Cemetery was purchased from the County School Board and is adjacent to the Historic Anderson-Rosenwald School. Among those buried there are the decedents of Mr. Joseph Anderson, who was one of the founders of Mars Hill University and Ms. Viola King Barnette, whose letter to the State School Board Superintendent was responsible for ensuring that all children across North Carolina could receive a public secondary education.

Heath Nettles
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