Historic 1-Room School Started by A.M.E. Zion Minister Holding Fundraiser
I am Mary Neely Grissom, retired educator and President/Executive Director of the Historic Neely School Foundation. I am proud to share these chronological events of the historic Neely School. In 1908, my grandfather, Julius Erastus Neely courageously founded the Neely School in China Grove, NC near Salisbury. Julius was the son of a slave….