No Ordinary Black Man: An Unsung Hero

Staff Reports

“No Ordinary Black Man: An Unsung Hero” will be presented by Jackie Simms at the April 7 meeting of the Ethical Society of Asheville (rescheduled from February). The meeting will be held from 2:00-3:30 p.m., Sunday, April 17 in the Botanical Gardens Visitor Center, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd.

Mrs. Simms, an Ethical Culture Officiant and retired teacher of individuals with hearing loss, will share snippets of the life and times of Arthur C. Shropshire, 1909-1988. Who was this man? What did he do? Why should we know about him? Why does Simms call him an unsung hero? Come find out and join in the discussion period following her presentation. 

Following the meeting, there will be time for informal
conversation. All are welcome! For more information contact:
[email protected], www.aeu.org, [email protected] or
(828) 687-7759.

The Ethical Society of Asheville is a humanist, educational,
philosophical, non-theistic alternative to traditional religions,
affiliated with the American Ethical Union, and through the AEU with the
American Humanist Association and the International Humanist and
Ethical Union.

Members are inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of
human life is working to create a more humane society. Their commitment
is to the worth and dignity of the individual and to treating each
human being so as to bring out the best in him or her.