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  • Collection: War Resisters League Southeast

Photograph of WRL's Diane Spaugh, a young white woman with short hair and glasses in front of a march of white and Black people holding banners and handwritten signs opposing the death penalty. Spaugh is talking to another person, whose back is facing the camera.
WRL Southeast co-founder Diane Spaugh at an anti-death penalty march

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Flier on yellow paper of the Durham to Seneca Women's Peace Walk-Women's Peace Camp. The name of the walk is written along the edges of the inside of the circular part of a women's symbol, the most prominent image on the page, along with a line featuring multiple dots with names of cities up the eastern coast of the US, indicating the route of the walk. The page describes the walk from Durham, NC to Romulus, NY, the site of the Seneca Women's Peace encampment outside of Seneca Army Depot. The opposite page features a list of actions that people can take from home: "Write Congresspeople"; "discuss the issues" and a cartoon image of a woman kicking a missile.
Flier announcing the Women's Peace Walk from Durham, North Carolina to the Seneca Women's Peace Camp at the site of the Seneca Army Depot. This site was home to the largest nuclear weapons storage facility in the US.

Typed sheet of paper titled, "Women and Nonviolence (A Program of the War Resisters League)" with an image of a small cartoon drawing of a group of three women, with a Black-presenting woman at the center, surrounded by two white-presenting women, one barefoot, one in heels.
Flier describing War Resisters League Southeast's Women and Nonviolence program, offering speakers and workshops on the intersection of feminism, anti-oppression organizing, antimilitarism, and nonviolence

Mailer coupon titled in bold, red handwritten marker: Ft. Bragg Action, Saturday, March 26, 1-3pm - Fayetteville. Below is text asking recipients to commit to joining the action, committing to civil disobedience, and volunteering time (including legal support) and money. Blank spaces on the form indicate where recipients can mark their choices. Additional spaces ask for Name, Date, "Group/church affiliation, if any," Address, and Phone ("day" and "night" numbers)
Mailing asking for participation in a protest and civil disobedience action at Ft. Bragg Army base in North Carolina. The Reagan administration had just announced a deployment of US troops to Honduras in support of right-wing Nicaraguan contras.
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