4 10 55 https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/50a015642690789275508af5dd6c2cc2.jpg 7acb47bcf0188196fd3f74962e31774c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document PROPOSED PETITION PETITION FOR A HALT TO THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS RACE FROM THE CITIZENS OF DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Endorsers _________ We call upon the President and Congress to initiate negotiations for an immediate halt to the nuclear arms race with the U.S.S.R, and to continue negotiations until a mutual, verifiable nuclear arms freeze on all further testing, production, and deployment of all nuclear warheads, missiles and delivery systems has been adopted. SPACE FOR GROUPS TO MAKE THEIR OWN ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS, IF DESIRED. FOR EXAMPLE: We, the members of the___________, call upon the Administration and the Congress to transfer the funds saved by the nuclear freeze to civilian use to protect and create jobs and to strengthen the national economy. NAME ADDRESS (please print) Sign City Zip Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nuclear Freeze petition Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource War Resisters League Southeast Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Nuclear Freeze Campaign Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1981 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource organizational record Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Nuclear Freeze Campaign, 1980s, anti-nuclear movement, Cold War Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource From the War Resisters League Southeast Regional Office Records #5213, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/1fa76b7a73cfbdfcb49a3b126d149baa.png 4753c102abb7184db5f9962587ff8e57 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pink flier accented by two triangles, reading "Post-Pride '86 Dance & Party" and "out today, out to stay," and providing details on the address of the dance at the Durham YWCA. Lists the names of four DJs: Liz Snow, J.P., Mandy Carter, and Marilyn. The bottom of the flier reads, "Everyone welcome!" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Post-Pride '86 Dance and Party Subject The topic of the resource Pride march, North Carolina Pride, lesbian feminism, gay liberation, lesbian and gay rights movement Description An account of the resource Flier for women-centered post-Pride dance party at the YWCA where "everyone [was] welcome" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pride '86 March Committee, Durham Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Reagan era, lesbian and gay rights, lesbian feminism, gay liberation, North Carolina Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .png Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource political flier Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Reagan era, 1980s, gay liberation, lesbian and gay rights movement, North Carolina, Triangle region, Durham, NC Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource From the War Resisters League Southeast Regional Office Records #5213, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/9b5d90eac4680da361a10e45aa7037af.png ebb757d66cec85b7b8ac4f4042586dc6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black and white poster advertising "Triangle Lesbian and Gay Pride '86," featuring an image of a white woman-presenting person waving and an image taken from behind of a white masculine-presenting person wrapping their arm around the shoulders of a masculine-presenting person of color. Additional text reads: "March and Celebration: Out Today, Out to Stay, Saturday, June 28" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pride '86 poster Subject The topic of the resource Pride '86, North Carolina Pride, lesbian and gay rights movement, lesbian feminism, gay liberation movement Description An account of the resource Poster announcing the first annual Triangle Lesbian and Gay Pride march and celebration Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Triangle Lesbian and Gay Pride '86 Steering Committee Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .png Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource political poster Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Durham, North Carolina, Triangle region, North Carolina, Reagan era, lesbian and gay rights movement, gay liberation movement Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource From the War Resisters League Southeast Regional Office Records #5213, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/ceea2174692a094b5d317edf8427a9d9.png de1b59599b1878d1d30f09120cab31cf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Protest at Fort Bragg Subject The topic of the resource Central America solidarity, Nicaragua, FSLN, Sandinistas, US Army, Cold War, socialism, Reagan, Nicaraguan revolution Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource War Resisters League Southeast Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .png Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource organizational record Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North Carolina, Nicaragua, Honduras, late-Cold War Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource From the War Resisters League Southeast Regional Office Records #5213, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/5e491dd96cbf4f2524e5bdb2ddca40f8.jpg 0bcbc3651cf9a4712b70ab21e3e5ca56 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sheet of political buttons, North Carolina contingent of the March on Washington for Jobs, Peace, and Freedom Subject The topic of the resource March on Washington, civil rights, peace and justice, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream", multiracial movement building Description An account of the resource Buttons for participants in the NC contingent of the twentieth anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington on August 27, 1983. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource War Resisters League, Southeast Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 1983 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource art print for political buttons Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North Carolina, March on Washington twentieth anniversary, Washington, D.C. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource From the War Resisters League Southeast Regional Office Records #5213, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/6594dd284560875c0e5c3714973c66c6.png 4740115b66a6e3f678fdbab98242fe90 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter with two photographs in the right-hand column: the first pictures a white woman standing up next to three other people, two Black, one white, with their names as follows in the caption: Judy Hand, Jennifer Henderson, Isaiah Singletary, and Tim McGloin. Underneath are three head shots of African American program speakers, side by side, with a caption that reads: Pay Bryant, Carrie Graves, and Rev. Fred Taylor. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document reprinted from Southern Fight-Back January, 1981 In the Heart of Military Country Fayetteville Citizens Talk of Peace Recently, people from 13 organizations in the Fayetteville, N.C. area spent a day talking about what excessive military spending is doing to the people of this country and what they can do about it. Included were people from civil-rights groups such as NAACP, SCLC, and the Association for Indian People; survival groups such as the local Hunger Coalition and Tenants Organization; peace groups such as the local Quakers; religious groups such as Urban Ministries; Senior Citizens Roundtable, and a number of individual activists. It was one of a series of workshops being sponsored by SOC's North Carolina Organizing Project on Human Needs and Military Spending, and was built around a format that SOC has used both in this state and elsewhere. The format is effective in bringing people information not available in the news media and in stimulating action. Here we summarize the Fayetteville workshop, with the idea that our readers may want to organize similar ones in their own communities. The workshop opened with a panel designed to provide in- formation. Anne Braden of SOC spoke first on the history of the arms race. “I’m not a scholar,” she said, "but I’ve read up on this, and we all have to do that The fact is that the arms race started in Washington, and we have to face that fact.” ‘POVERTY IS NOT AN ACCIDENT’ Next Jennifer Henderson of the North Carolina Hunger Coalition talked about unmet human needs in the state. "It’s not an accident that people are poor,” she said. “But poor folks are so busy trying to survive that sometimes we don’t have time to research and figure out what’s happening to us.” Judy Hand of SOC talked about what military spending (over 50 percent of each tax dollar we pay) does to the economy — fueling inflation, reducing the number of jobs, and eating up funds that could be used to meet people’s needs. Isaiah Singletary, of the Harambi Student Organization at North Carolina Central University, talked about draft registration and the need to resist it. Singletary, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, told of people “devastated both physically and mentally.” And poor people are always 214 times as likely to be drafted and sent into combat as those who are not poor, he said. ‘WHERE OUR REAL INTERESTS LIE’ Finally, Tim McGloin of North Carolina Friends of the Filipino People discussed international implications of the U.S. military machine. He told of his own education working in Southeast Asia in the 60’s, where a farmer told him: “If this world was a village of 100 people, six of them would be like you — white, educated, well-off. The other 94 would be hungry and illiterate. If I were one of the six, I’d arm myself to the teeth, because the other 94 of us are mad as hell.” That’s what it’s all about, McGloin said — and the real interests of most people in this country lie with the 94, not with the six. After the panel, there was a lively question-and-discussion period. Then after lunch, Pat Bryant and Carrie Graves, directors of the North Carolina project, explained its purpose, participants introduced themselves and described their work, and everyone joined in discussing how the war drive affects them, and possible methods of saying “no” in a collective way. Some of the panelists who presented basic information at the workshop (from left): Judy Hand, Jennifer Henderson, Isaiah Singletary, Tim McGloin Pat Bryant (left) and Carrie Graves, project directors, talk about organizing. Rev. Fred Taylor closes program. ‘WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE’ “It’s people like us here today who can get some things done if we join hands, it’s not too late,” said a tenant leader. Pat Bryant said: “We have to see that we have a common agenda; we can’t work in isolation from each other. Let’s ex- change information across organizational lines, and find ways to join in action.” Rev. Fred Taylor of SCLC closed the program. “We must remember,” he said, “that we are the salt of the earth — we who believe the hungry should be fed) and the naked clothed.” (SOC now has considerable experience in organizing workshops like the Fayetteville one and is in touch with a number of resource people who can conduct the basic panel of information. We also have literature on this issue and can tell you where to get more, if you would like help in putting on such a program in your community, contact the SOC office in Birmingham. Our North Carolina organizers will help you.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Southern Fight-Back article on the North Carolina Organizing Project on Military Spending and Human Needs Subject The topic of the resource southern organizing, North Carolina, anti-war, antimilitarism, Conference of Black Organizers, anti-racism Description An account of the resource Article on the work of the North Carolina Organizing Project on Military Spending and Human Needs out of the Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Southern Fight-Back, Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 1981 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .png Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource political newsletter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1981, Reagan era, US South, North Carolina Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource From the War Resisters League Southeast Regional Office Records #5213, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/8a431f02c95d1c19483cac756e5211fb.png fd63e4e10cad86faa773e8d7c11698ff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Blue flier with iconic image of "Uncle Sam" pointing in the background. The sponsoring organizations listed at the bottom of the flyer include: "Charlotte SCLC, Clergy & Laity Concerned, Women in the Workforce (High Point, NC), American Friends Service Committee, Southern Organizing Committee for Economic Justice, Ga. Citizens Coalition on Hunger, Black Workers for Justice (NC), Makini McClain, Walter Collins-U.U.S.C., War Resisters League/SE" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Uncle Sam Wants You... ...to become Cannon Fodder in wars around the world! ...to agree to the Arming of the KKK! ...to submit to Housing, Job, & Benefit Cutbacks! ...to Support Racist ’South Africa ! The Black Community Needs You! ...to Organize for Decent Housing and Jobs! ...to Learn more Organizing Skills! ...to Reclaim our Youth! and ...to Resist the Military! Southern Regional Black Organizers Conference May 23-26, 1985 Charlotte, NC Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Southern Regional Black Organizers Conference Description An account of the resource A Conference of Black Organizers (COB) flier announcing its regional conference in Charlotte, NC and connecting issues of racism, poverty, and militarism. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Conference of Black Organizers Subject The topic of the resource Black liberation, anti-militarism, US South, Ku Klux Klan, internationalism, international solidarity Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Conference of Black Organizers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1984 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .png Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource political flier Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Reagan era, US South, reinstatement of the draft, North Carolina Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource From the War Resisters League Southeast Regional Office Records #5213, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/4d3eac3e1003f6c3d84b3380ff2536d9.png 32d148324cd686c9fce1b88ac5c1bc0f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News clipping taped to a sheet of worn, weathered paper. The title of the news article reads, "Soviets Arrest Chapel Hill Man," a story noted as based in Moscow and covered by the Associated Press. The cut-out clipping taped under the article text is a photograph on news print featuring a group of white-presenting people standing in a line on the lawn in front of the White House, surrounded by police. Underneath the photograph, a caption reads, "The Line-Up On the White House Lawn / They're against Nuclear Power and Decided to Show It." Next to the news clippings, in handwritten ink, reads, "Durham Herald," indicating the newspaper it appeared in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Soviets Arrest Chapel Hill Man Subject The topic of the resource nuclear disarmament, Cold War, Moscow Description An account of the resource Article on the arrest of Chapel Hill, NC-based nuclear disarmament organizer Steve Sumerford during a direct action in Moscow with fellow war resisters. The photograph featured depicts a sister action led by War Resisters League national members, taking place the same day in Washington, D.C. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Associated Press Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Durham Herald Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 4, 1978 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .tif Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource news clipping Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant late-Cold War era Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Courtesy Steve Sumerford personal collection https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/80cd31852e4ec896d31ca93a6ab0a5e1.mp3 ae3f9a25d44139beb0839a82f78abf53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <p>'79, that year was just unreal. It was the worst year. '79, here's what happens: Reagan gets elected, not till November, the Iran hostage thing is going on. The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, Carter brings back the draft somewhere in '79 or '80.</p> <p>Then, November 3rd in Greensboro, we were—Reagan and that. It was an unbelievable year. We thought it was the worst year in the history of the United States. It wasn't, but it was horrible. </p> <p>Evelyn thought every day I was going to be arrested while I was out talking against the draft. That was when I was in it. By the time 1980 came, I think we went to jail for eight days, whatever it was, seven days for protesting nuclear power that summer of '79, protesting with the Kudzu Alliance. It was the most intense year politically at the national level, and locally, too. It was something.</p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Steve Sumerford on 1979 Subject The topic of the resource political repression, racism, Reagan, Iran, draft, anti-nuclear power, Greensboro massacre, Klan Description An account of the resource WRL Southeast office co-founder Steve Sumerford remembers 1979 as year of political repression, white supremacist violence, global crisis, and right-wing victories in the US. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Steve Sumerford Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1979 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Steve Sumerford, Oral history interview with Kimber Heinz, November 18, 2022. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .mp3 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource audio file Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Reagan era, anti-nuclear movement, Iran hostage crisis, Greensboro massacre, North Carolina https://resistwarsoutheast.com/files/original/4997904b8076c3bef7d4f76c8e289414.mp3 7cda35a593723593af7d6feb76c3b1c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Resisters League Southeast Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <p>Maybe the best way to illustrate what it felt like in North Carolina at the time is that there was an organization called the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. It was a national organization, but they had selected North Carolina as their focus for—I'm pretty sure this started while I was still in college probably. Anyway, '75-ish. Here's what they said about North Carolina: Most people on death row at that time—was because we hadn't executed people for a while, so they were really building up—and we had a Republican governor getting ready to start executing. Most people on death row. Least unionized state. Most militarized state. Wilmington Ten, Charlotte Three, Joan Little. If you know those cases, you know what I'm talking—all police violence against Black people. </p> <p>That's North Carolina in 1976 when we started the office. There were people—and I don't mean to be patronizing—there were people in the national organization, I think, who worried about us. A little bit patronizing like, "Those poor—the Klan's probably going to get them.” “Of course, Klan's nowhere around. What a surprise, the Klan <em>is</em> around.”</p> <p>I think people thought we were working in this very hostile environment and, at the time, I didn't feel that way. When I tell you all that stuff that's going on, now I think, "Well, it's a pretty hostile environment"—Republican governor, et cetera. Of course, too many people in the state depend on the military for their livelihood to make it an easy place to go around or do pacifist organizing. That's true for the South, of course, not just North Carolina, but with our big military bases.</p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Steve Sumerford on the political climate in North Carolina in 1976 Subject The topic of the resource political repression, National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, prisons, death row, capital punishment, political prisoners, Klan, white supremacy, military bases, Wilmington Ten, Charlotte Three, Joan Little Description An account of the resource WRL Southeast staff organizer and co-founder Steve Sumerford reflects on the political climate in North Carolina when he and Diane Spaugh co-founded the regional office in 1976. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Steve Sumerford Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimber Heinz Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Steve Sumerford, Oral history with Kimber Heinz, November 18, 2022. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .mp3 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource audio file Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North Carolina, 1970s, Greensboro massacre, 1979