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Oral History Interview with Thomas Samuel Hudson and Elberta Pugh-Hudson, December 18, 1999. Interview K-0283. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

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Elberta saw the good in people during her stay in a shelter

Elberta Hudson notes that staying at a shelter after the flooding made her feel good because she "began to see the love of God in people." Truckloads of food, clothing, and other supplies arrived daily, and her one-year-old son took his first steps there.

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Interviewers	Charles Thompson
	Charles Thompson
Interviewees	Thomas Samuel Hudson
	Elberta Pugh-Hudson
Excerpt Length	0:01:06
Start Time	00:18:04
Stop Time	00:19:10
Subjects	Environmental Transformations > NATURAL ENVIRONMENT > Natural Disasters Piedmont Industrialization > WORKING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES > Culture of Working People General > ASPECTS OF POPULAR CULTURE > Religion

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Oral History Interview with Thomas Samuel Hudson and Elberta Pugh-Hudson, December 18, 1999. Interview K-0283. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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