News clipping of the Appalachian route of the Continental Walk going through Asheville, North Carolina
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Title
News clipping of the Appalachian route of the Continental Walk going through Asheville, North Carolina
Subject
Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice, American Friends Service Committee, anti-nuclear movement
Description
Asheville, North Carolina news article about the Appalachian route of the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice, as it made its way from Oak Ridge, TN to Washington, D.C. through North Carolina and Virginia.
Creator
Steve Sumerford
Publisher
The Asheville Citizen-Times newspaper
Date
September 17, 1976
Contributor
Kimber Heinz
Rights
Clipping courtesy of Steve Sumerford personal collection
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Language
English
Type
news clipping
Coverage
Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice, Appalachia, North Carolina, post-Vietnam era
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THE ASHEVILLE
Peace Marchers Arrive
By TOM OLIVER Citizen Staff Writer
Five of them, three young men and two young women, walked into Asheville Thursday afternoon. They waved and smiled and asked people to think about disarmament and social justice. They are on their way from Oak Ridge, Tenn., to Washing- ton D.C. On October 15 the various branches of The Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice will come together for three days in Washington. Along the way they are stopping in Asheville to walk through town and hold a fair in Montford Park from noon until 2 p.m. Saturday. “Time Magazine says the movement is dead. We don't believe that,” soft spoken walker Steve Summerford [sic] of Chapel Hill said. The five display none of the militancy of the turbulent 1960s and say they have encountered none of the hostility that marked that era of protest. “We are more patient, more realistic, it may take 100 years to accomplish our goals, but today is a start. We don’t expect the people to give up.
Walkers For Disarmament
Five young people participating in a national demonstration for disarmament and social justice walked into Asheville from Oak Ridge, Tenn. Thursday. They are on their way to Washington. D.C. They are (from left) Diane Spaugh and Steve Summerford [sic] of Chapel Hill, Ken Powers of Louisville, Ky., Jude Lichtenstein of California and Chip Poston of Asheville. (Staff Photo by Bill Sanders)
Peace Marchers Arrive
By TOM OLIVER Citizen Staff Writer
Five of them, three young men and two young women, walked into Asheville Thursday afternoon. They waved and smiled and asked people to think about disarmament and social justice. They are on their way from Oak Ridge, Tenn., to Washing- ton D.C. On October 15 the various branches of The Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice will come together for three days in Washington. Along the way they are stopping in Asheville to walk through town and hold a fair in Montford Park from noon until 2 p.m. Saturday. “Time Magazine says the movement is dead. We don't believe that,” soft spoken walker Steve Summerford [sic] of Chapel Hill said. The five display none of the militancy of the turbulent 1960s and say they have encountered none of the hostility that marked that era of protest. “We are more patient, more realistic, it may take 100 years to accomplish our goals, but today is a start. We don’t expect the people to give up.
Walkers For Disarmament
Five young people participating in a national demonstration for disarmament and social justice walked into Asheville from Oak Ridge, Tenn. Thursday. They are on their way to Washington. D.C. They are (from left) Diane Spaugh and Steve Summerford [sic] of Chapel Hill, Ken Powers of Louisville, Ky., Jude Lichtenstein of California and Chip Poston of Asheville. (Staff Photo by Bill Sanders)
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Citation
Steve Sumerford , “News clipping of the Appalachian route of the Continental Walk going through Asheville, North Carolina,” War Resisters League Southeast, accessed November 21, 2024, https://resistwarsoutheast.com/items/show/51.