Interview with Reverend Joe Smith

Interview with Reverend Joe Smith

African American clergy

African American families

African American farmers

African Americans

African Americans -- Economic conditions

African Americans -- Religion

African Americans -- Social conditions

African Americans -- Social life and customs

Autobiography

Civil Rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Community life

Community organizations

Depressions -- 1929

Enslaved persons

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

Race discrimination

School integration

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Slavery -- North Carolina, Western

Smith, Joe (Joseph), 1903-1997 -- Interviews

Reverend Joe Smith (born Joseph Henry Smith) is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 29, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1903, Smith’s parents died when he was young and he was raised by his grandparents in Jackson County. His grandfather had been a slave and when freed, he worked on the railroad helping to build the Cowee tunnel and farmed. Smith was a minister in Mars Hill and in Sylva for over 50 years. He also worked at the Mead Corporation and was involved in many community organizations. He shares his thoughts on civil rights, his observances of white and black relations, and integration.

Smith, Joe (Joseph), 1903-1997

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;

1986-04-29

Crittenden, Lorraine

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sound recordings

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interviews

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2019-09-28

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Mars Hill (N.C.)

Sylva (N.C.)

Jackson County (N.C.)

Buncombe County (N.C.)

Madison County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

1:31:45 (sound recording)(duration)

28 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina