Nan Orrock oral history interview (part 1), June 16, 2016

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Identifier: OrrockN_L2016-23

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Nan Orrock oral history

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Andrew Reisinger. In this interview, Nan Orrock talks about where she was born and raised and describes what it was like growing up with her family. She also talks about some interests and aspirations she had in her youth. Later in the interview, Orrock discusses politics and shares her family's political views as well as her own. She also reveals how the civil rights movement shaped her worldview.

Dates

Creation: June 16, 2016

Creator

Orrock, Nancy Grogan, 1943- (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note:

Nan Orrock was born November 8,1943, in Abingdon, Virginia. As a child, Orrock was an avid reader and active in her Methodist youth church group. Orrock got her start in politics through the Civil Rights Movement and went on to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Atlanta and Mississippi, led a community civil rights project in Virginia’s Black Belt counties, joined women’s empowerment efforts in Atlanta, and helped launch The Great Speckled Bird.