Barbara Sears McRae, A True Historian

Barbara Sears McRae, A True Historian

African Americans

Authors, American

Autobiography

Greenways -- North Carolina -- Macon County

History

Macon County (N.C.)

McRae, Barbara A.

Nature

Nature writers

Barbara Sears McRae is currently an alderman for the town of Franklin, NC. Here Amy interviews Barbara on her extensive history in Macon County. Although not a native of Franklin, she has devoted many years of her life documenting some of its history. As the past editor of the Franklin Press, the local newspaper for Franklin, and then freelance columnist and feature writer….she has done much research on the the local history— specifically the African American community—along with the local environment, helping to establish the Little Tennessee Rver Greenway. Barbara has proved herself worthy of being called a woman who cares about the local heritage of the town in which she lives.

Stories of Mountain Folk - Podcasts

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

2016-05-25

Garza, Amy Ammons

McRae, Barbara A.

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

mp3;

sound recordings

interviews

eng

61832

2016-11-18

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Macon County (N.C.)

42:14(duration)

Stories of Mountain Folk