Members of the Pleasant Hill Quilters are ready to present their program “Secret Code Quilt of the Underground Railroad.” From left, they are Whitney Surratt, Deborah White, Ether Blaylock (seated),Theresa Roquemore, Evelyn Richardson, Lawanda Warren,
Sharon Haynes, graduate of the last Pleasant Hill Rosenwald School class in 1964, is back now to lead tours of the school and community.
Three current members of the Pleasant Hill quilters are graduates of the Pleasant Hill Rosenwald School now celebrating the school’s centennial. From left, they are Sharon Haynes, Ether Blaylock and Evelyn Richardson.
Pleasant Hill’s Rosenwald School is celebrating its centennial this month 1925 to 2025.
Sharon Haynes, graduate of the last Pleasant Hill Rosenwald School class in 1964, is back now to lead tours of the school and community.
Pleasant Hill 100Th Anniversary
Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00am
Neil Abeles
Sharon Haynes is home now. She’s among the last graduates of Pleasant Hill’s Rosenwald School which closed in 1964. It had just 23 students.
She’s at the same school which is celebrating its Rosenwald centennial this year —1925 to 2025. The school is a symbol of community encouragement and opportunity. It had two rooms with two teachers, and the same playground swing, merry-goround, slide and storm cellar.
The school is a national historic landmark
Sharon Haynes is being playfully pushed on the school’s original merry-go-round in the same way she did as a student — thanks to Francis Miller. Note the concrete storm cellar at right and the school in the background.