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Princeola Goodman
Princeola Goodman is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on September 1, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Goodman moved to Asheville in 1930, one month pregnant and a widow. She grew up in Honea Path,…
Mary Jane Kelly
Mary Jane Kelly is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on June 5, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1911 or 1912, Kelly details her schooling which includes attending Stephens-Lee during the…
LHF - Segregation/Integration
This collection includes newspaper clippings concerning segregation and integration in Buncombe County in 1964. Notable African American women included in this collection include Rosa Davis and Kathy Gibson Cleveland.
Tags: ASCORE, Civil Rights, desegregation, entertaiment, integration, racism, school, segregation
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
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
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,…
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