University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives

Oral History Register
for
CDE, Center for Diversity Education Collection

With All Deliberate Speed: Desegregation in Buncombe County

 

Title

 With All Deliberate Speed: Desegregation in Buncombe County Exhibit
Creator Center for Diversity Education

Subject
LCSH:

Center for Diversity Education -- University of North Carolina at Asheville
Multicultural Education
Segregation -- United States
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century
Discrimination -- United States
Asheville (N.C.) -- History

Subject
Keyword: 

Desegregation, Asheville (NC); Allen High School; Stephens Lee

Description

With All Deliberate Speed: Desegregation in Buncombe County exhibit was created in 2005. This 15 panel exhibit explores the events, legislation and actions of people that led to the desegregation of Buncombe County from the 1950’s to the present time. The exhibit highlights the accomplishments of the brave students of ASCORE (Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality) who worked to integrate schools and businesses in WNC in the 1950's and 1960's.

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804

Contributor

 Center for Diversity Education

Date

Electronic Record Issued: 2009-03-03

Type

Sound ; Text

Format

Exhibit contains 6 Oral History transcripts on CD, 14 page pdf. document of the panels; cassette tapes

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/CDE/with_all_deliberate_speed/default.html

Source

CDE, Center of Diversity Education Oral History Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Language

English

Relation

 With All Deliberate Speed: Desegregation in Buncombe County: http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/CDE/with_all_deliberate_speed/with_all_deliberate_speed.pdf

Coverage

 1950s-2005, Buncombe County (NC)
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Acquisition

Donor number:  354;  Date of acquisition: 2005

Processed By

 Special Collections staff

Interview Date

 2005
Interview Location Delta House, Asheville, NC

Biography

 In 2005, the Center for Diversity Education created an exhibit based on interviews and research conducted by UNC Asheville students about the desegregation of our area.  The exhibit travels around local schools and is available online: http://www.diversityed.org/deliberate-speed
Participants
Anita White Carter TRANSCRIPT
Marvin D. Chambers TRANSCRIPT
Annette Coleman BIOGRAPHY
Barbara Turnow Ferguson TRANSCRIPT
James E. Ferguson TRANSCRIPT
Georgia Roland TRANSCRIPT, Newspaper articles
O.(Otha) L. Sherrill TRANSCRIPT
Viola Jones Spells TRANSCRIPT
Al Whitesides ABSTRACT in processing

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