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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

Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection

Often excluded and invisible from the histories of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, those of African-American descent contributed much to the physical and cultural environment of these highlands. Those who were credited as being responsible for…

Tags: Asheville, business, church, civic organizations, culture, education, employment, highlands, hospitals, people, portraits, school, slavery, sports, students, work

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 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…

Tags: Allen School, childhood, education, employment, integration, race relations, school, segregation, teachers

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…

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

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

Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection

The Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection contains a sample of over 1000 photographs that document the African-American community in Asheville, NC, from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. The Isaiah Rice Collection provides an important photographic…

Tags: African American, Asheville, children, church, community, family, portrait, school, social gathering

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