Sophomore Yali Lin meets with Mr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson, II, President of the Board of Directors of the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation. Lin’s letter to the editor won first place in the annual E.B. Henderson letter writing contest and she was recognized during the Tinner Hill celebration last weekend, held this year at the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School. Ms. Henderson, for whom the new middle school is named, was a civil rights activist and the wife of E.B. Henderson, an African-American who had thousands of letters published in newspapers across the nation.  Henderson’s letters contributed significantly to the nation’s understanding of the need for justice in the realm of civil rights in the 20^th Century. The annual contest awards 10 cash prizes to students who write winning letters to newspapers on multicultural relations. Lin’s letter earned her the first prize of $1,000. Junior Hunter Burkey’s letter won $50.00 and junior Addison Blakemore won $25.00.