D. Kent Thompson Collection, 1965-2020

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D. Kent Thompson Collection, 1965-2020

1965-2020

Photographic materials, audio, video, posters, ephemera publications, memorabilia, and audiovisual materials created and collected by D. Kent Thompson, a white photographer, in the course of documenting the independent rock music scene in North Carolina in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s and the "Moral Monday" movement and other grassroots protests and marches centered in Raleigh, N.C., beginning in 2013. Moral Mondays protests began in North Carolina in spring 2013 in response to actions by the Republican-led state government. Later protests focused on the Poor People's Campaign, gun violence, women's rights, transgender rights, and immigration policies separating children from their families. The International Bluegrass Music Association is also documented.

4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2000 items)

eng, Latn

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Day, Thomas, approximately 1801-approximately 1861

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