Interview with Ode Bryson

Interview with Ode Bryson

African American families

African American farmers

African Americans

African Americans -- Religion

African Americans -- Social life and customs

Agriculture

Bryson, Ode, 1896 or 1897-

Construction workers

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

Ode Bryson is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 15, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Bryson grew up in Jackson County and discusses starting work at a young age after his grandparents died and his mother had many children to raise on her own. Gibbs went to work on a small farm, during the Great Depression he worked for the WPA building roads and walls, and later for the tannery in Sylva. He left for a time to work in Badin, and when he returned he was the only black man that laid block and rock in Jackson County. He talks about the changes he has seen in the community over the years.

Bryson, Ode, 1896 or 1897-

Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project

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

1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;

1986-05-15

Crittenden, Lorraine

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2019-09-16

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Jackson County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

24 pages (transcript)(duration)

49:05 (sound recording)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina