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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…
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…
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
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 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 - 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
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…
Oral Histories Collection: Viola Jones Spells Interview-- 2011
This folder contains an interview on CD recorded by WCQS Public Radio Station in Asheville of interviewer, David Hurand interviewing Viola Jones Spells on the subject of the 50th Anniversary of Desegregation of Pack Memorial Library. It aired…