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  • Collection: We Birthed the Movement

Warren County Citizens Concerned About PCB billboard, November 24, 1984; Tony Rumple, Warren County, NC<br /><br />

Walter E. Fauntroy at protest, September 28, 1982; Mike Sargent, Afton, NC

Toxic Waste and Race in the United States: A National Report on the Racial and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Communities with Hazardous Waste Sites, 1982

Toxic Substances cover, April 1, 1971; Council on Environmental Quality, Washington DC

Southern Christian Leadership Conference magazine, January/February 1983

Siting of Hazardous Waste Landfills and Their Correlation with Racial and Economic Status of Surrounding Communities, June 1, 1983

Roadside warning, ca. August 21, 1978; Charles S. Killebrew, Nash County, NC

Reverend Leon White and North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper, September 15, 1982

Reverend Donald Jarboe, September 15, 1982

Reverend Donald Jarboe, September 15, 1982

Reverend Benjamin Chavis at protest, September 17, 1982; Mike Sargent, Afton, NC<br /><br />

Protest song: To the tune of Land of 1000 Dances

Protest song: Kumbaya (Come By Here)

Protest song: If you want your freedom

Protest song: I Am Somebody

Protest song: Fired Up!

Prayer circle, October 14, 1982

People gathering before the protest, September 15, 1982

PCB landfill protest logo

Paper badge “I’d Rather Be in Jail! (Than Dying of Cancer at Home)”, 1982

Lois Gibbs, September 19, 1982

Letter, January 1, 1982; The Transformer Maintenance Institute, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Letter to US Representative L.H. Fountain, January 11, 1982, from Cassandra Mitchell, Norlina, NC<br /><br />

Letter to the US Environmental Protection Agency, January 9, 1979; North Carolina Representative John T. Church, Raleigh, NC<br /><br />

Letter to Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., June 4, 1979, <br /><br /> US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
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