Interview with Nola Elizabeth Knuckles

Interview with Nola Elizabeth Knuckles

African American farmers

African Americans

African Americans -- Religion

African Americans -- Social conditions

African Americans -- Social life and customs

Agriculture

Community organization

Community organizations

Enslaved persons

Farm life

Knuckles, Nola Elizabeth, 1910-1996

Slavery

Urban renewal -- North Carolina -- Asheville

Nola Elizabeth Knuckles is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith in August 1987 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born on November 25, 1910, Knuckles talks about being raised by her aunt and uncle after losing her parents. She discusses growing up on the farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina where her family grew crops and picked cotton. She recalls moving to Asheville, North Carolina when she was 16 or 17 years old, working as a maid and cook for a family, and engaging in community organizations. Knuckles mentions she was President of the Negro Auxiliary of Buncombe County Red Cross chapter where she worked with veterans. She participated in the Model Cities program helping residents in impoverished conditions in Asheville. Knuckles also discusses church attendance, African American social conditions in Asheville, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Knuckles, Nola Elizabeth, 1910-1996

Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1920s; 1930s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;

1987-08

Smith, Edward Clark

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interviews

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2018-03-29

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Abbeville County (S.C.)

Buncombe County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

South Carolina

1:27:33 (sound recording)(duration)

18 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina