Interview with Aud Brown and Becky Brown

Interview with Aud Brown and Becky Brown

African Americans -- Civil rights

Cities and towns

Cook family

Cook, Annie Bell

Mountain life

Religion

Tobacco

Aud Brown and his wife Becky Myers Brown discuss Annie (Granny) Bell Cook and their memories of her, as well as the stories they have heard about her. They also discuss their upbringing in Brasstown, North Carolina and their experiences with members of Granny Bell Cook’s family. They talk about Granny Bell’s faith and Christianity in their rural community, the role of tobacco in Granny Bell’s life, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and World War II.

Brown, Aud

Brown, Becky

WCU Oral History Collection - Introduction to Oral History

2023-03-09

Cook, Taylor

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

sound recordings

transcripts

eng

Sound

Text

71797

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71797

Brasstown (N.C.)

Cherokee County (N.C.)

Clay County (N.C.)

1:38:55(duration)

23(pages)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina