Located in the mountains of North Carolina, Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Dreier, and other former faculty members from Rollins College.
In 1941, the College moved.
The College rented space for their first campus at Blue Ridge Assembly.
Grades were abolished, and the arts were central to education.
Students and faculty lived and worked together on campus.
Their mission was to provide a liberal arts education that developed the student as a whole.
Located in the mountains of North Carolina, Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Dreier, and other former faculty members from Rollins College