Margaurite Carter Oliver is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on August 12, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. The transcript and audio are unavailable for this interview, however Crittenden’s…
Cecelia Alice Rice Rogers is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 20, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. The transcript and audio are unavailable for this interview, however Crittenden’s reflections…
James Harris Stewart is interviewed by Gwendolyn Sheppard on March 31, 1989 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. The transcription and audio are unavailable. This document includes Sheppard's notes after the…
Ethel Rogers Tate (1904-1994) is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 20, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Tate was born in 1904 in East LaPorte. Her father worked in mica mines and the children…
Zenophon B. Cook is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith June 28, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1900, Cook moved to Asheville in his teens to work at the Battery Park Hotel, then went to…
Zebadiah Polk Allman, a generational resident of Jackson County and a graduate of the Hospitality and Tourism department at WCU, shares his unique perspective on regional tourism. Allman tells of the changes he has experienced in Jackson County…
Zack Koonce talks about his role as Emergency Management Coordinator for Haywood County during Tropical Storm Fred. Koonce shares how he developed situational awareness during the storm, especially within the first 24 hours. He was responsible for…
Wilma Howell Simpson is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 19, 1986 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Her husband, Morris (1914-) is also present and comments throughout the interview. Mrs. Simpson…
Born in 1954 in Concord, North Carolina, Wilma King Means details her experiences growing up in a segregated school system in Cabarrus County as well as going through the process of integration. She also shares the school experiences of her mother,…
Willie Proctor is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on April 2, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. He was born in Rutherford County in 1904 and moved to Polk county when he was still young. He recalls…