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1870 United States Census Records of Black residents in Clay County, North Carolina.

1870 United States Census Records of Black residents in CherokeeCounty, North Carolina.

1860 United States Slave Schedule of Cherokee County, North Carolina

1860 United States Census Records of Free People of Color in Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Knoxville News Sentinel article on the Happy Home community of Knox County, published September 17, 1998. Article highlights the community's history, settlement, school, church and cemetery as well as the key families associated.

Compiled clippings of the Green Book locations in West Virginia from 1938 - 1964)

The Green Book was an annual guidebook for African-American roadtrippers founded and published by New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 1967. From a…

Historic narratives, newspaper articles & Green Book clippings of Hotel Thelma, it's proprietor Thelma Stone. Associated family information is also included.

Photographs and newspaper articles chronicling the work of craftsman George T. Anderson Jr. (1922 - 2008). Mr. Anderson had a 3rd grade education, but was expertly skilled in the handcrafting of models detailing modes of transportation across time…

Taylor family photographs from Bluefield, West Virginia native Danielle Taylor consisting of school and informal images.
Individuals included:Daniel Joshua Taylor, Melba Sue Smith, Marshall Ray Taylor, Margaret Taylor, Robert "Bob" Taylor, Geraldine…

Article in publication "West Virginia: It's People, Places & Stories" highlighting Sarah Ponder's life and career as an African American Woman engineer with Norfolk Southern railroad's Pocahontas division. She was the first Black Female conductor…