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  • Collection: War Resisters League Southeast

A sheet of green paper printed with a series of six circular outlines of political buttons, each button template reading "No Recall."
Political buttons against the attempted recall of Durham Mayor Wib Gulley for his anti-discrimination proclamation in support of lesbian and gay Durhamites.

Cover page of a booklet on newsprint with an enlarged photograph of a majority white crowd of protesters holding banners and signs, one of which reads, "Coalition for Direct Action at Seabrook" and another that reads, in part, "Shut 'em Down." At the top of the page, in printed red lettering, reads: "Let's Shut Down Seabrook!"
Handbook to prepare participants for the October 6, 1979 mass direct action to shut down the Seabrook nuclear power plant in New England

Full page advertisement with the title, "Some Truths About Homosexuality," with bullet points reading: "Gay Men and Lesbians Are Everywhere"; "Lesbians and Gay Men Are Subjected to Discrimination"; and "Gay Men and Lesbians Are Ordinary People." At the bottom of the page reads, "Durham Citizens for Responsible Leadership thanks each Durham citizen who is willing to stand on the side of human rights for all people."
Ad taken out by Durham Citizens for Responsible Leadership in defense of lesbian and gay rights during an attempted recall of Mayor Wib Gulley for his gay and lesbian anti-discrimination proclamation

White poster centering an image of a pink inverted triangle inside a purple circle. At the center of the triangle is an image of the dome of the US Capitol building with the text "October 11, 1987. Along the edges of the circle reads, "March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights." Underneath, in pink hot reads, " For love and life, We're not going back!" and "Non-violent Civil Disobedience at the Supreme Court" Tuesday, October 13. The local contact is listed as: North Carolina March Committee, 604 W. Chapel Hill St. in Durham, NC.
Poster for the 1987 March on Washington march in D.C., including info on the "Out and Outraged" civil disobedience action at the US Supreme Court and the North Carolina March Committee

Magazine page on newsprint. A photograph of WRL Southeast organizer Mandy Carter, a young African American woman wearing shorts and a tee-shirt, appears in the top left-hand corner, along with a short profile. There is a profile of another person on the same page with a photograph and a series of advertisements for restaurants and theatrical performances in the D.C. area.
A profile of North Carolina March on Washington Committee coordinator Mandy Carter in the 1987 March on Washington special issue of The Washington Blade

Flier with a title in bold, handwritten marker titled, "6 minutes to Nuclear Holocaust," featuring a print of a drawing in ink or marker of an image of a human skull with teeth at the upper center of an analog clock. The skull is holding a missile in its teeth, pointed at the number "6" on the clock. Along the side of the image in handwritten text is the artist's name: Peg Averill. Text describing an anti-nuclear action is below the image.
A flier announcing national demonstrations against the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe.

Newsletter article titled "Arrests, Arson Plague Southern Walk." The top right corner features a photograph of Black and white marchers, one of whom is carrying a sign reading "Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice" and the bottom left photograph features a group of Black-presenting men and women standing and facing a cop. A white-presenting man stands behind the group, holding a hand-written sign reading, "The Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice."
Article from the Continental Walk newsletter about the police repression and white vigilante violence that members of the Southern leg of the walk encountered on their journey through Birmingham, Alabama.

Black and white headshot photograph of a white woman with poofy, curly hair
WRL Southeast staff organizer Dannia Southerland

The front of a business card
Card offering military draft counseling support

A petition filled with signatures of men and women's names and addresses, most of them based in Durham, North Carolina. The petition is titled, "A Statement of Affirmation and Draft Resistance"
Pledge affirming resistance to the draft in the case of selective service registration and deployment of people in service of the US military after President Carter reinstated the Selective Service System.
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