Interview with Ressie Dehart

Interview with Ressie Dehart

African American families

African Americans

African Americans -- Genealogy

African Americans -- Social conditions

African Americans -- Social life and customs

Autobiography

Dehart, Ressie, 1914-

Enslaved persons

North Carolina, Western -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century

Race discrimination

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 her grandparents in Hendersonville, North Carolina after her father passed away. Her family moved to Bryson City and she worked as a nanny and hoed corn. Dehart discusses customs such as courting, parties, baseball games in Sylva on Fourth of July, and Christmas. She participated in a singing group that traveled to Canton to perform. Dehart worked for the Moody’s and Dr. Bacon. She also describes refusal of service at a restaurant in Bryson City during segregation.

Dehart, Ressie, 1914-

Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project

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

1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;

1986-04-24

Crittenden, Lorraine

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2019-01-22

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Henderson County (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

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20 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina