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FLOC 2011

In May 2011, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) staged a demonstration, march and rally in Winston-Salem, NC to promote the rights and welfare of tobacco workers. The events took place outside the annual Reynolds American shareholders' meeting.

A major goal was to pressure Reynold's into discussing with FLOC its responsibility for the human rights of farm workers in its supply chain.

Photos from the event are on my website and on the FLOC website.

Pilgrimage 2011

The annual Pilgrimage for Justice and Peace, a six-day march with stops in several North Carolina cities, arrived at the Capitol in Raleigh at noon on Good Friday, April 22, 2011.

The marchers and other participants pictured here represented several religious traditions and spanned the socio-economic spectrum.

April 4

April 4, 2011 was the 43rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's assassination in Memphis, TN. It was also the day of the We Are One silent vigil and rally at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh.

Participants included the NAACP, HKonJ, the NC Green Party, farm laborers, the LGBTQ community, labor unions and other citizens concerned with social issues and economic justice.

Wisconsin Workers

On February 26, 2011, people turned out in large numbers across the country to demonstrate support for public workers whose collective bargaining rights were under attack by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. As these photos show, Raleigh, NC was no exception.

And, as usual for any event sponsored by MoveOn.org, a counter-demonstration was mounted by conservatives and TEA party stalwarts.

HKonJ 2011

Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ), an annual NAACP-sponsored event, provides a venue in which the public can demonstrate its priorities to the North Carolina General Assembly.

In 2011, these participants showed strong support for a 14-point agenda spanning a wide range of socio-economic issues.

Westboro v. Love

The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, apparently incensed by Elizabeth Edwards' advocacy for gay rights, picketed her funeral in December 2010. A counter demonstration, the "Line of Love," turned out in large numbers despite short notice and cold, rainy weather.

The two groups, separated by barricades and Raleigh, NC police officers, faced off from opposite sides of Edenton Street. Their messages differed vastly.

NC Pride

The LGBTQ community celebrates annually at the North Carolina Pride parade in Durham. Increasingly, participation and support by the broader community, church groups and business lends to the festive atmosphere.

A few dissenters still attend as these photos from '09 and '10 show, but they detract little from positive spirit of the occasion.

Wake Co. Schools

In July 2010, citizens protested a move by the newly elected, conservative majority of the Wake County, NC school board to scrap a school assignment policy based largely on economic diversity in favor of one promoting neighborhood schools.

The NAACP, church groups and many citizens viewed the Board's policy as an attempt to reinstitute racial segregation in the public schools. Their civil disobediance landed some protesters in the Wake County jail.

Healthcare Reform

2009 and 2010 saw many public rallies in support of or in opposition to health care reform.

The demonstrations depicted here occurred in Raleigh, NC.

Other Photographs

These pages contain miscellaneous projects and collected works dating to the early 1960s.