building a 16′×24′ (36 m²) cabin with salvaged materials and without electricity or plumbing, and growing the majority of their own food on a half-acre (2,000 m²) of land. Eventually they came to live on less than $4,000 per year. During this time they were some of the founders of such things as the Valley Community Land Trust, the Pioneer Valley War Tax Resisters, and the Greenfield Farmer's Market. From 1989 to 1993, the Nelsons helped to resist the IRS seizure and sale of the home of war tax resisters Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner. Wally annually participated in the war-tax protest in front of the Greenfield Post office on Tax day. Death Nelson Died on May 23, 2002 in Greenfield, Massachusetts at the age of 93. Sources Juanita Nelson - 1943-1946: Juanita meets Wally Nelson Wally Nelson, a Committee Activist Wally Nelson As remembered by Sheila Michaels The "first" freedom ride? Radical Stories #1: Wally Nelson References 1909 births 2002 deaths Activists for African-American civil rights American tax resisters American conscientious objectors African-American activists Members of the Civilian Public Service Freedom Riders 21st-century African-American people