Little River Vigil

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Title

Little River Vigil

Subject

anti-gay violence, homophobia, Pride march

Description

Vigil participants in Durham, North Carolina after the 1981 anti-gay murder of Ronald “Sonny” Antonevich at Little River in north Durham

Creator

From the Allan Troxler Papers, Durham County Library

Publisher

Image NCC_0107_0206, Little River beatings protests, Oversize Box 8, Allan Troxler papers, LGBTQ+ Community collection (NCC.0107), North Carolina Collection, Durham County Library, NC.

Date

1981

Contributor

Kimber Heinz

Rights

NCC_0107_0206, Little River beatings protests, Oversize Box 8, from the Allan Troxler papers, LGBTQ+ Community collection (NCC.0107), North Carolina Collection, Durham County Library, NC.

Format

.tif

Language

English

Type

photograph

Coverage

"Our Day Out" Pride march, anti-gay violence, Reagan era, Triangle-region, North Carolina, Little River

Files

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"

Citation

From the Allan Troxler Papers, Durham County Library, “Little River Vigil,” War Resisters League Southeast, accessed November 21, 2024, https://resistwarsoutheast.com/items/show/26.

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