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  • Collection: War Resisters League Southeast

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

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

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

Map of the US mainland, with outlines of the states, titled "Nuclear America." The map's legend lists icons for "Nuclear Weapons Facilities," "Nuclear Power Reactors," "Miscellaneous Facilities," and "Nuclear Targets." The map reflects nuclear sites throughout the country, with concentrations in the northeast, south, midwest, and in California.
Poster depicting the locations of nuclear weapons and nuclear power installations in the US

Black and white booklet, with a printed title at the top, reading "Readings on Feminism & Nonviolence" and featuring an image of legal scales, which each side respectively holding a man (Mars) and woman (Venus) symbol. Another image under the title is the WRL logo, an outline of hands breaking a rifle in half.
Copy of Durham, NC-based lesbian feminist Dannia "Sunshine" Southerland's Feminism and Nonviolence packet of articles and resources connecting the two issues

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

Mandy Carter, a young Black woman with short hair stands in front of a barbed wire fence at a military base. There is a handwritten sign on the fence with German writing on it that is difficult to see because the sign is folded over.
Mandy Carter at a US base in West Germany during the German-led protests against the US/NATO deployment of nuclear missiles in West Germany

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

Black and white photograph of a group of white people and one Black person--WRL Southeast's Mandy Carter--seated outside crosslegged on the ground in a tight grouping. One person is the front is smiling and the others look stoic. One person is raising their arm in the air and flashing a peace sign. A line of police are visible in the background, standing with police dogs.
Members of the American delegation to the German-led protests against the US/NATO deployment of nuclear missiles in West Germany. This group was participating in a direct action at the gates of the US Bitburg military base.

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
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