Interview with Rufus Adell

Interview with Rufus Adell

Adell, Rufus Scott, 1905-1996

African American families

African American farmers

African Americans

African Americans -- Economic conditions

African Americans -- Social conditions

Autobiography

Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Sharecroppers -- North Carolina, Western

Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century

United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century

Rufus Scott Adell is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on July 22, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Adell talks about his grandaddy, his first job in 1926, coming to Asheville by himself, his siblings, Christmas time, being married twice and having children, how his son was killed, raising pigs, his opinion of President Reagan, and more.

Adell, Rufus Scott, 1905-1996

Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1900s (Decade); 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;

1987-07-22;

Smith, Edward Clark

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2017-11-07

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Newberry County (S.C.)

North Carolina, Western

0:58:28 (sound recording)(duration)

18 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina