Asheville, NC - Marian Anderson, famous singer, visited Stephens-Lee High School while in the city to give a recital at the City Auditorium in 1945.

Front row left to right, Mable McCaine, teacher (in light-colored dress); unidentified adult, Vernon Cowan, teacher; Marian Anderson; Frank Toliver, principal; J.D. Carr, editor of Carolina Times, Isabell Jones, music teacher at Allen High School.

Source: Special Collections, UNC Asheville, NC.