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Judy Nunn Snipes and Gertrude Nunn - On the impact of the landfill and activism (clip)

Interviewed by Darius Scott on October 9, 2014

Judy Nunn Snipes and Gertrude Nunn - On the impact of the landfill and activism (clip)

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Oral history interview of Nunn, Gertrude conducted by Scott, Darius on October 9, 2014 at Home of Gertrude Nunn, Chapel Hill, NC.

Citation: Southern Oral History Program, “Judy Nunn Snipes and Gertrude Nunn - On the impact of the landfill and activism (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/judy-nunn-snipes-and-gertrude-nunn-on-the-impact-of-the-landfill-and-activism.

Rights: Open for research. The Southern Oral History Program (SOHP) welcomes non-commercial use and access that qualifies as fair use to all unrestricted interview materials in the collection. The researcher must cite and give proper credit to the SOHP. The SOHP requests that the researcher informs the SOHP as to how and where they are using the material.

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Judy Nunn Snipes

"My fear is that people won't continue to...pass on the heritage. In black families I always felt that was the strength - what you learn from your ancestry you continue to pass on to your children." - Judy Nunn Snipes

Gertrude Nunn

"Know that we do exist here, and the older people that left property for us, it’s a legacy...And I’m happy that I’m living enough to tell the story." - Gertrude Nunn

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