Morris and Wilma Simpson are interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 19, 1986 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1914, Mr. Simpson discusses his family members and growing up in Bryson City, North…
Stacy Dehart Coleman and Rhuben Dehart are interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 24, 1986 and March 17, 1987 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Sister and brother, Mrs. Coleman and Mr. Dehart trace their…
Carrie Howell Scruggs and her daughter Betty Howell are interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1909, Scruggs discusses attending Hill Street School in Sylva and Allen…
Julia Rucker Young is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 25, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in Yancey County in 1906, Young talks about growing up on the farm and attending school and…
Dera Smith Simpson is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on February 17, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1898, Simpson discusses her family members and growing up on the farm in Union County,…
Emma Mosley is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 23, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1910, Mosley discusses working on the family farm and cutting wood during her childhood. She…
Birdell Love Smith is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on September 16, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Living in Haywood County all her life, Smith talks about her family lineage and attending…
Ressie Dehart is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 24, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1914, Dehart remembers her grandparents and extended family members. She recalls living with…
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…
Katherine Summerous is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on August 12, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1912, Summerous describes growing up on the farm in Tate, Georgia. Her father was a…