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Various newspaper clippings concerning local African Americans. Those clippings concerning black women are entitled "Grand Opera House," "Asheville Woman Bought Husband, Then Sold Him," "Negro Groups View Civic Problems," "Mars Hill Will Admit First…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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Transcription of oral history interview of Katherine Debrow from 2002.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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