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  • Collection: War Resisters League Southeast

News clipping featuring a photograph of a group of white women and men-presenting people sitting with their arms linked and holding each others' hands in front of a doorway surrounded by white police officers and a white man in a business suit. The heading of the caption under the photo reads, "Demonstrators Arrested." At the top of the page, the name of the newspaper is listed as The Chapel Hill Newspaper, and the article is dated Tuesday, April 10, 1979.
News clipping about the arrest of WRL Southeast organizer Steve Sumerford and other members of the Kudzu Alliance who staged a direct action protest against the construction of the Shearon-Harris nuclear power plant near Raleigh, NC. They are…

Poster with a circular carved-appearing pattered print as an art object at the center, reading, "Announcing a Womens' Roundhouse for Survival." Underneath the date for the gathering in June 1983 is text reading, "For three days, women from throughout the region will meet to share and exchange information, skills, resources, and ideas."
Poster inviting Triangle-area women in North Carolina to a three-day gathering to expand feminist networks and build relationships.

Color photograph of a group of people attending a march, holding signs and banners. The large banner at the center of the image reads, "North Carolinians for Peace with Justice," with a painted image of the outline of the state and a series of footprints to represent the North Carolina tar heel icon. WRL Southeast organizer Mandy Carter, a young African American woman with short hair wearing a jacket and layered hoodie, is visible to the left of the banner. Other white or light-skinned-presenting people are scattered around Carter and the banner.
North Carolina contingent at a solidarity protest against US interventionism in Central America and support for apartheid in South Africa. War Resisters League staff organizer Mandy Carter is in the foreground.

A grouping of circular political button templates printed on pink paper. Inside each circle is an image of Martin Luther King Jr. with a sun coming up over a horizon. Beneath the sun is text reading, "Jobs, Peace, Freedom; March on Washington, August 27, 1983. North Carolina" Around the top edge of the circle is the statement, "We Still Have a Dream"
Buttons for participants in the NC contingent of the twentieth anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington on August 27, 1983.

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

Handwritten sign in black marker, printed on blue paper.
Sign welcoming participants in Durham, NC to a nonviolent vigil against the Klan organized by the Durham Coalition for Unity.

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A petition targeting Durham County, North Carolina residents, asking them sign onto the campaign to freeze the production and testing of nuclear weapons in the US.

Type-written list of numbered instructions, titled: "Durham Campaign for Nuclear Freeze: Suggestions for Canvassers." At the bottom, a hand-written note scrawled in cursive reads: "*Note: This was written up by someone who is unaware of the fact that 1/2 of the people in Durham are women ("women" is underlined multiple times). Excuse the sexist language."
A handwritten comment at the bottom of a guide for Triangle-area NC Nuclear Freeze campaign canvassers that reflects an instance of tension over sexism within mainstream anti-nuclear organizing.

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

Black and white photograph of a majority-white group of people with several Black members huddled together for a group photo. They are outside, wearing warm-weather clothing. Some people are raising a fist in the air while others are flashing a peace sign. Two participants, one white and one Black, appear to be both raising a fist and flashing a peace sign with each of their hands.
Participants in the 1977 War Resisters League national conference in Lacey, Washington.
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