Blue Ridge School hired Mrs. Alice Wesley Ivory, its first African-American teacher. She led the Art Department and her own work was displayed in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Blue Ridge School hired Mrs. Alice Wesley Ivory, its first African-American teacher. She led the Art Department and her own work was displayed in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.