This collection includes newspaper clippings and oral history interviews concerning Sarah Gudger, an African American woman from the Swannanoa Valley who claimed to live 122 years. The collection also includes her obituary from October 20, 1938.
History of African-American schools in Black Mountain and Swannanoa Valley. Flat Creek Road School, Black Mountain Colored School, Old Rock School, and Carver Elementary School. African-American women provided health care to both blacks and whites…