Connecting Past to Present: Trailblazing Haddonfield Schoolteacher Joyce Gilchrist Pierce

For 38 years, Pierce was the only Black teacher in the Haddonfield School District, the second ever hired there, and the first to teach in an integrated setting. Her story is one of several personal histories that is being explored as Haddonfield works to uncover more of its cultural past.

By Matt Skoufalos | December 28, 2024