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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 - Burton Street
This collection includes various newspaper clippings concerning the Burton Street community. One notable article in the collection is "A Talk with Asheville's Burton Street Ladies," which includes an interview of several African American women from…
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.
LHF - African American Community
This collection includes various newspaper clippings concerning the African American community. African American women mentioned in this collection include Inez Daugherty, Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden, Hazel Turner, Lucy Herring, and others.
Tags: Black Mountain, business, community, education, entertainment, family, heritage, midwives, music, segregation, slavery
LHF - African American Awards Banquet
This collection includes various newpaper clippings concerning African American awards banquets from 1992 and 1993. Both African American men and women received awards. Those women who received awards were Sherri Linton, Angie Benton, Annie Mae…
Tags: awards, banquet, business, church, civic organizations, clubs, college, community, education, entertainment, NAACP, recreation, school, sports, youth
Debrow, Katherine (3/07/2012)
Oral history interview of Katherine and Feldon Debrow about Roseland Gardens completed in 2012 by Stacy Edmond. This oral history was part of the African American Heritage: Roseland Gardens Project at Warren Wilson College.
Debrow, Katherine (12/01/2002)
Transcription of oral history interview of Katherine Debrow from 2002.
Tags: ancestry, Black Mountain, church, clubs, college, community, entertainment, family, integration, music, Roseland Gardens, school, segregation, slavery
Roseland Gardens
This collection has general information on Roseland Gardens, a historic juke joint and movie house in Black Mountain that was a major entertainment venue for the African American community. This collection includes several write-ups and news articles…
Black History Academic Papers
This collection includes various academic documents about African Americans in the Swannanoa Valley, many of which concern African American women. The collection has a lot of information about the history of the black community in terms of schools…
Tags: activism, community, employment, preaching, protests, recreation, school, slavery, teaching, war
Black History Newspaper Articles
This collection includes various newspaper articles on African Americans from the Swannanoa Valley. Many of these articles concern African American women, including Inez Daugherty, Lib Harper, Lizzie Littlefield Wells, Addie Burgin, Jessie Lytle,…