North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence records, 1980-1997

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Summary

Creator:
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence
Abstract:
North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence (NCARRV) was an activist group based in Durham, NC from 1983-1997 that worked to document hate crimes and hate groups including white supremacists, assist victims, raise awareness, and influence public policy across the state, and these records document their work. Collection includes founding documents, bylaws, meeting files, board meeting documents, photographs, audiovisual materials, administrative materials, grants and grant applications, incident reports, publications, subject and extensive newspaper clippings on racist violence and white supremacy movements in North Carolina.
Extent:
17.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11937

Background

Scope and content:

The North Carolinians Agaist Racist and Religious Violence records document the history of this grassroots activist organization. Collection materials include administrative files, publications, press releases, meeting materials, notes, grants and grant applications, clippings, subject files, photographs and audiovisual materials.

The Administrative Materials series contains files generated by NCARRV's daily work, including letterhead stationery and forms, personnel files, an audit report, licensing documentation, event photographs, incident reports documenting individual hate crimes, NCARRV business meetings, and project files including Hold On! a video produced by NCARRV about hate crimes in Robeson County, NC. There is also documentation of their youth projects and workshops, as well as a grant-funded educational project at NC Central University. That project examined police community relations, an advisory board of police chiefs across the state that looked at how to improve police relationships with communities of color, and published a report called No Reverence For Life.

The Publications and Public Messaging series contains NCARRV's publications and public relations materials, including Annual Reports, Special Reports, Newsletters, Updates, press releases, and other public messaging files.

The Development series contains materials relating to NCARRV's fund-raising activities. It includes files with information about individual membership donations and grant funding. There is a card file with member information as well as routine correspondence. The bulk of this series consists of information from funding organizations and NCARRV's grant application materials.

The Research Files series consists chiefly of NC newspapers clippings on the topic of racist violence from NCARRV's subscription to the Carolina Clippings Service. Also included are photographs documenting hate group marches, subject files, and research and class notes. There are publications from nonprofit groups whose mission relates to NCARRV's. These materials consist of pamphlets, essays, reports, newsletters, periodical issues, and annual reports.

The Audio/Visual series consists of 18 audiocassettes and 42 videocassettes. The audiocassetes contain recordings of phone messages left by Klan members, KKK rallies, and a recording of Mab Segrest speaking at a "Hands off My Neighbor" symposium. The videotapes chiefly consist of copies of and research for "Hold On!: Robeson County's Fight for Justice" produced by NCARRV in 1988. Other video contents include trial coverage, a 1990 Gay Pride March in Raleigh, and recordings of television news shows about racism.

Biographical / historical:

North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence was an antiracist activist group founded in Durham, NC in 1983 and disbanded in 1997. It became a pilot for statewide organizing. The group's mandate is described in their 1989 bylaws as "monitoring hate groups, assisting victims of bigoted violence, encouraging other organizations to work together, ... influencing public policy, ... and organizing local groups to address these issues." Key staff members included Mab Segrest, Leah Wise, and Christina Davis-McCoy, and Linda Shealey Williams (now Linda Shealey Cook). Segrest was hired as Coordinator, Davis-McCopy was hired as a field organizer, and Leah Wise served on the Board of Directors. NCARRV's activities included tracking hate crimes amd white supremacy groups across North Carolina, and aiding individual victims. NCARRV's projects included Youth Summit trainings, community workshops, and the production of a video about a 1988 murder in Robeson County, NC. There was an active publication program which put out an annual report tracking hate crimes across the state and describing the activities of white supremacist groups including Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Confederate Knights of America, National Socialist Liberation Front, the White Patriot Party and its founder, Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr. Each report included recommendations for change. Various special reports were also published highlighting individual crimes and hate groups, as well as topics such as law enforcement violence towards Black men.

Acquisition information:
The North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from former NCARRV staff member Linda Shealey Cook in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Megan E. Lewis, November, 2021.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0167

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series: Administrative Materials, Publications and Public Messaging Materials, Development Materials, Research Materials, and A/V Materials. Original folders and folder titles have been retained where possible.

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