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LHF - YMI, Young Men's Institute

This collection includes numerous newspaper clippings concerning the Young Men's Institute (YMI) in Asheville. Many African American women were involved with the YMI, including Oralene Simmons, Margaret Fuller, Wanda Henry-Coleman, and Ceretha Ann…

Tags: arts, Asheville, celebration, community, culture, diversity, Goombay, recreation, social reform, sports, YMI

LHF - African American History

This collection includes various newspaper clippings concerning African American history. African American women mentioned in this collection include Sarah Gudger, Kat Debrow, Lucy S. Herring, Inez Daugherty, and Oralene Graves.

Tags: Asheville, Black Mountain, business, church, Civil Rights, community, education, employment, health care, integration, protest, racism, Roseland Gardens, school, segregation, slavery, YMI

Enslaved People of the Vance Birthplace

Information about enslaved people who lived at the Vance Birthplace. Census records are often of little help when researching enslaved people. The earliest records only count the number of slaves, with no regard to age or gender. Although the details…

Tags: Asheville, church, family, slavery, Vance

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 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 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 Susie Bryson

" Susie Bryson is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 28, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow black oral history project. Bryson talks about schools before they were integrated, the black church being where Robinson Hall is…

Tags: Asheville, church, employment, family, geneaology, integration, school, segregation, slavery

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…

Tags: Asheville, church, civic organizations, community, employment, family, Ku Klux Klan, Model Cities Program, race relations, school, segregation, YWCA

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 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

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