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Della Jackson
Della Jackson is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith in 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1905, Jackson talks about growing up in Mill Spring where she worked hard on the farm, but didn’t realize…
Eliza Jane Coward Thomas
Eliza Jane Coward Thomas is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 6, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Thomas was born on Long Branch in Cullowhee in 1893. She talks about her childhood in Jackson…
Interview with Alverta Lowman
Alverta Lowman is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 24, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Lowman describes cleaning houses for different families in Asheville and Cullowhee. She recalls church…
Tags: Asheville, church, emplyment, race relations, segregation
Interview with Ann Woodford
Ann Woodford discusses race relations in Western North Carolina under Jim Crow. Woodford explains and explores the importance of African American communities and institutions, especially under racial oppression such as churches and schools.
Tags: Allen School, Asheville, church, Civil Rights, community, Jim Crow, oppression, protests, race relations, racism, school
Interview with Annie May Miller Bolden
Annie May (Mae) Bolden is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith in 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow black oral history project. Bolden talks right away about her grandmothers, then proceeds to moving from South Carolina, her father,…
Tags: Asheville, church, civic organizations, clubs, community, employment, entertainment, family, school, segregation, slavery
Interview with Eugenia Dennis Jarret
Eugenia Dennis Jarrett is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 3, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1896, Jarrettgraduated from Samuel Houston College and was nominated to come from…
Interview with Magnolia Thomas
Magnolia Thomas relates her experiences living with her grandparents while her mother went to New York to find work, being arrested for participating in civil rights marches while attending Elizabeth City State University, moving to Haywood County to…
Interview with Mary Choice
Mary Choice (formerly Sullivan) is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 21, 1987 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1898, Choice discusses moving to Asheville with her family in 1927 from South…
Tags: Asheville, childhood, church, clubs, community, employment, entertainment, family, integration, Jim Crow, race relations, school
Interview with Mary Mosley
Mary Mosley is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on February 15, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1905, Mosley describes moving to Cottageville, South Carolina from Tampa, Florida to live with…
Tags: Asheville, church, employment, entertainment, Jim Crow, midwife, school, segregation
Interview with Nola Elizabeth Knuckles
Nola Elizabeth Knuckles is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith in August 1987 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born on November 25, 1910, Knuckles talks about being raised by her aunt and uncle after losing her…