Reisinger, AndrewUnited States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Orrock, Nan Grogan, 1943-2016-11-02Nan 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.In this interview, Nan Orrock talks about what it was like working at the Great Speckled Bird, particularly what it was like to be part of the Bird's staff as a woman and the various roles held by women. She also talks about the different movements the Bird women participated in and discusses some conflicts at the Bird. Later, Orrock talks about voting rights and describes her family's reaction to her emerging activism.video/mpegengAtlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Libraryhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Great Speckled Bird CollectionSocial Change CollectionUnderground newspapersAlternative mass mediaWomenSexismVotingVoter registrationGay communityProtest movementsNan Orrock oral history interview, 2016-11-02MovingImage