Women of Black Mountain College | Carol Brice

Carol Brice playbill, date unknown. Courtesy Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina.

Contralto singer Carol Brice (1918-1985) came to Black Mountain College as a guest teacher in 1945, a year after Alma Stone Williams had been invited as a student, paving the way for integration at the college. Other guests had been artist Willem de Kooning, composer John Cage and dancer Merce Cunningham. Brice arrived with her… Continue reading Women of Black Mountain College | Carol Brice