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Mozella Jordan Price was instrumental in improving the education and quality of life for African Americans in Appomattox County, Virginia. Mrs. Price was educated in Farmville, Virginia Schools, attended Boydton Institute, Virginia State College and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton Institute and a Masters degree at the Teacher's College of Columbia University in new York City. Mrs. Price became one of Appomattox County's most popular and dynamic teachers. From 1919 to 1963, she served as the Supervisor of Appomattox County Negro Schools. Mozella Price, with funds from Quaker families, was instrumental in the building of one room school houses in surrounding counties. Mrs. Price would be invited to (back then) white churches and stand at the pulpit and ask the congregation a penny each to pay for bricks to build schools. She secured donations that were used for a scholarship fund. Those who knew her say she was a very kind lady who would always stress education very strongly. She was a very learned individual and was surrounded by books that range from the classics to instructional materials. Her father was a minister as well as her husband, Peter Price. Following her death, her sister Elizabeth (Peggy) Jordan, a retired teacher who taught at Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, Virginia, directed the scholarship funds be used to build the Carver-Price Cultural Center to fulfill another of her dreams. The County's (black) schools were consoliated and enlarged in the town of Appomattox, Virginia in 1952. To honor Mrs. Price for her hard work and dedication, the new school was renamed, Carver Price School. Her dedication to the training of young minds also led Mrs. Price to start Winonah Camp, in her home, for underprivileged boys, in 1933. Girls were admitted into the camp in 1936. Children attending the camp came from as far away as New York. Throughout her life, Mrs. Price shared her home with many children as a foster parent. In the late 1940's the elementary school burned. Mrs. Price used her own home as an interim elementary school for two years. There, she and several teachers taught multiple grades at Winonah Camp. Before her death in 1971, Virginia State College honored her with a certificate for her outstanding services in education and in helping underprivileged youth. Today, her home is privately owned and operates as a transitional home for people with disabilities. Many of her personal items, photos, and some furnishings that date back to the mid-late 1800's still remain at her beloved Winonah Camp, her home place, in Appomattox County, Virgina. For more information, contact can be made through an email address of: autumnhome@hotmail.com