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  • Collection: War Resisters League Southeast

Hot pink flier with hand-stenciled title, reading: "Gay & Lesbian Solidarity Coalition endorses," followed by a list of candidates
Endorsement poster for candidates for state and federal office by the Durham Gay & Lesbian Solidarity Coalition

Group of white-presenting people gathered facing a road or public thoroughfare, holding handwritten signs. WRL Southeast's Steve Sumerford, a young white man with glasses and a beard and wearing overalls, appears in the center of the photograph. The signs read, "Germany Started This Way!!" and "On Good Friday Christians Deplore Violence and Death"
Vigil participants in Durham, North Carolina after the 1981 anti-gay murder of Ronald “Sonny” Antonevich at Little River in north Durham

Peach flier with a hand-drawn cartoon image of two women dancing closely together and the name of the artist, Jean Vallon. The flier headline text reads, "A Women's Dance after the march." The address in Mt. Pleasant, D.C. is followed by a hand-drawn map to a house marked with the women's symbol. The remaining text reads, "$2 benefits Seneca Peace Camp, cash bar"
Flier inviting lesbian feminist participants in the 20th anniversary of the March on Washington to gather for local nightlife after the march

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Joanne Sheehan, WRL New England founder, WRL Feminism & Nonviolence Task Force member, and Clamshell Alliance organizer, reflects on the importance of nonviolence training for coordinated protest.

A colorful poster picturing a large peace dove with five human legs instead of bird legs to represent people marching together. The word "march" is pictured in multicolored block letters with small print reading: "for Peace & Justice" and "June 12, New York"
Poster for a national disarmament rally in Central Park, New York City on June 12, 1982 during the United Nations' Second Special Session on Disarmament

Collage of fliers and photographs on a pink background. The photographs are of a national War Resisters League gathering, with everyone raising their fists in the air; Mandy Carter, a young African American woman with short hair standing in front of the barbed wire fence of a military base; and Mandy Carter and others marching behind a banner with two prominent women's symbols. The fliers are for a "nonviolent vigil" and a list of candidates for the "Durham gay and lesbian solidarity coalition." What looks like a political button features an image of hands breaking a rifle in half, the War Resisters League's logo.

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

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Flier for a political demonstration in Raleigh, North Carolina led by the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression, identifying North Carolina as "a national pilot project for repression in its most comprehensive form."

Flier on a blue background featuring an accent image of a white Klan pointed hood with a line drawn through it. The heading reads, "Emergency Update--Speakers, training, and information for concerned citizens on The Klan in North Carolina" Sponsored by the North Carolina Anti-Klan Network; Contact info: Southerns for Economic Justice, based in Durham, NC
Flier for an emergency meeting of the North Carolina Anti-Klan Network

Color photograph of a group of white men and one white woman standing in a group, facing toward the camera. A white woman-presenting person is standing behind them, taking a photograph with a film camera.
Participants in the national War Resisters League-organized disarmament action in Moscow with the group's translator
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