Biography of W.K. Alston

Winfred Kent Alston was the principal of Robert Smalls High School from 1937 - 1962.

Memories of a Man and his Works: A Peep Into the Past of W. Kent Alston and his Years at Robert Smalls High School was written by his wife, Mayme Eady Alston in October, 1987. We are grateful to the Alston family for sharing his memoir with Robert Smalls International Academy.

For more information, read these articles: WK Alston and students at a function (Beaufort County Library), Society may be tearing down statues, but Beaufort ought to put one up for this educator (Island Packet), Facing Down Bigotry (Island Packet), and Historic Beaufort Foundation updates guidebook with 15 years of new information (Island Packet)