Interview with Stacy Dehart Coleman and Rhuben Dehart

Interview with Stacy Dehart Coleman and Rhuben Dehart

African American families

African Americans

African Americans -- Genealogy

African Americans -- Religion

Autobiography

Coleman, Stacy Dehart, 1904 or 1905-

Dehart, Rhuben

Depressions -- 1929

Farm life

Segregation

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 family lineage from their grandparents who lived in Bryson City. They describe doing chores on the farm and attending church services growing up. Mr. Dehart recalls food rations and distribution during the Great Depression and African Americans building churches. They both discuss segregated conditions in Bryson City, such as riding in the back of the bus and entering restaurants through the back doors.

Coleman, Stacy Dehart, 1904 or 1905-

Dehart, Rhuben

Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project

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

1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;

1987-03-17

Crittenden, Lorraine

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interviews

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2018-03-29

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Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

0:50:51 (sound recording)(duration)

28 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina