Nicholson, Maggie Lamb, 1906-1998

Perzel, Edward Spaulding

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1979-05-24

1 audio file (35:22) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (13 pages : PDF)

Audio

spoken word

eng

Maggie Lamb Nicholson was a 73-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in her home in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in 1906. She completed professional school and was employed as an associate pastor of Gethsemane AME Zion Church, at several Charlotte nursing homes, and at Johnson C. Smith University as a food server.

Rev. Dr. Maggie Lamb Nicholson recounts her childhood days in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the 1900s as well as her experiences as a pastor in the Charlotte, North Carolina region beginning after her move to Charlotte in 1968. She also discusses her impressions of the integration of Charlotte's schools and opinions on busing, running unsuccessfully for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board, the AME Zion Church, and race relations in Elizabeth City and Charlotte.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Nicholson, Maggie Lamb, 1906-1998

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Clergy
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights
Race relations

North Carolina--Elizabeth City
North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1880-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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