Ola Mapp, (born St. Ola DeShields, 1915-2009), is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on October 2, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1916, Mapp moved to Asheville in 1921. She talks about her…
Mildred Proctor is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on April 2, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1928, Proctor grew up in Whitmire, South Carolina. Her father died young and so she quit school…
Lottie Young is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on June 4, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Young was born in 1886 and her father had been enslaved. She recalls growing up without clothes to go to…
Rosa Lee Shepard Gibson is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on August 6, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1908, Gibson recalls her mother’s family, who were enslaved, and her own childhood…
Henry Robinson is interviewed by Gwendolyn Sheppard on August 29, 1989 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Reporting for the Asheville Citizen Times newspaper at the time of the interview, Robinson’s interview…
Mae Powell is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on August 12, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1909, Powell grew up in Swain County in Birdtown until the Cherokee took her family’s land away.…
Arizona Mitchell is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on July 16, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1901, Mitchell moved from Knoxville to Asheville in 1910 after her mom died. She talks about…
Delsie Pettit Love is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on September 11, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Love was born in 1893 in Andrews. She recalls her mother’s funeral when she was four years…
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,…
Juanita Gudger Jones (1914-2010) is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on February 23, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Jones was born in Asheville where she grew up during the Great Depression. She…