"Lift Every Voice": African-American History in Haywood County

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"Lift Every Voice": African-American History in Haywood County

Description

This display was created by students in the History Department's Introduction to Museums and Historic Site Interpretation Course in Spring 2016. The online exhibit draws from materials collected by the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center, Lift Every Voice, African-American History Project, based in Haywood County, Waynesville, NC.

The Pigeon Community Multicultural Center and the public history program at Western Carolina University would like to give special thanks to Georgia Forney, who provided a wealth of primary source materials that allowed this project to be created.

Creator

Editor: Charles Jones

Compiled and created by students in the Public History program at Western Carolina University, Spring 2016

Source

Lift Every Voice: Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center Oral History Project.

Haywood County Public Library History Collection

Georgia Forney, of Haywood County, North Carolina

Collection Items

Levern Hamlin
Levern Hamlin of Mecklenburg County was the first African American student to be admitted to Western Carolina College in 1957. Hamlin was already a public school teacher, and applied to the college to qualify for an advanced teaching certificate. Her…

Stories of mountain folk broadcast: 2015-10-10
The show begins with Amy’s story “Headlights on the Wall” about her early married life. The background music is “My Heart Will Go On” played on guitar. On Creative Corner, Doreyl spends time with poet Thomas Rain Crowe. They talk about Thomas Berry…

Woven napkins, African-American theme
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural African American figures using a laid in technique called…

Woven napkins, African-American theme pattern
These images of an African American man was used as a pattern for hand woven linens produced and sold by the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. between 1925 and 1942. The Spinning Wheel was opened as a weaving studio and regional craft shop in…

Woven napkins, African-American theme pattern
These images of an African American woman was used as a pattern for hand woven linens produced and sold by the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. between 1925 and 1942. The Spinning Wheel was opened as a weaving studio and regional craft shop in…

Stories of mountain folk broadcast: 2014-03-15
Today Amy talks about the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, its history and scenery. She ends her segment by reading Kilmer’s poem “Trees.” (Background music: “Appalachian Sunrise”). On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Katie Gaddis, a student at NC…

African-Americans Buried at Greenhill Cemetery
List of Haywood County African-American veterans

Desegregation and Integration- Article on Schools and Theaters
This newspaper article focuses on the Lowery family and their achievements, including Alice Lowery's bold act of attending a white-only movie theater with her daughter. For Alice Lowery, it was a risk to her safety and an almost unthinkable action.…

Nathaniel and Alice Lowery 1953
Featured in the photo are Nathaniel and Alice Lowery. Both are people are ahead of their time in regards to the fact that for one Nathaniel was widely known black DJ that introduced black jazz and pop music radio world. Alice Lowery became important…

Stepin Fetchit- Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry
Stepin Fetchit, whose real name was Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, was one of the first successful African-American actors in Hollywood. Unfortunately, his fame was achieved by accepting movie roles which were caricatures made entirely of…
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