Black Mountain College was an interesting experiment in education in North Carolina which reached its peak in the late 50's/early 1960's.
The scene there involved many interesting thinkers including
John Cage
Buckminster Fuller
Robert Rauschenberg
Black Cyber Mountain member Kari Banta has built a cyberspace at Diversity University which recreates the milleu of the original Black Mountain College.
When you connect as a guest to Diversity University, type
Kari is also busy building a second version of BMC at PMC2 MOO.