Joe Straley

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 1953 Community Church of Chapel Hill forms An interracial congregation organized with Charles M. Jones as minister. People: Charles M. Jones, Joe StraleyCommunity Church — history by charlie kast
2. 1964-1965 Joe Straley chairs the Committee of Concerned Citizens The UNC physics professor Joe Straley chaired the Committee of Concerned Citizens, a group of Chapel Hill residents dedicated to civil rights, in 1964 and 1965.Search the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: Joseph W. Straley Papers, 1936-2002
3. March 30 to April 3, 1964 The Committee of Concerned Citizens raises about $400 for injured demonstrators and the hospitalized faster Committee members served bread and cheese for donations twice a day in the basement of the First Baptist Church, raising about $400 to cover the hospital bills of demonstrators hurt in sit-ins and of the Rev. LaVert Taylor after the fast. People: Joe StraleyDigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, April 4, 1964, p. 1
4. February 7, 1966 Gary Waller joins a student panel on the Speaker Ban in Memorial Hall The Daily Tar Heel reported that student body president Paul Dickson presided over a noon meeting of students and faculty in Memorial Hall, with a panel of four that included Waller, Carolina Conservative Club president Wilson Clark and the SDS faculty advisers Joseph Straley and Lewis Lipsitz. The meeting adopted a resolution about four and a half hours before the trustees' executive committee voted 8 to 3 to bar Herbert Aptheker from speaking. People: Paul Dickson III, Joe Straley, Herbert ApthekerSearch the index · North Carolina Newspapers: The Daily Tar Heel, February 8, 1966, page 1
5. May 7, 1970 The general faculty votes to let striking students take their grades as they stand or finish coursework later With more than 4,000 students rallying outside, the general faculty meeting in Hill Hall overwhelmingly approved a substitute motion by Marvin Silver and Gerhard Lenski calling the strike 'a reasonable, peaceful and responsible course of action' and allowing final grades on work completed so far or delayed completion of course requirements, with a right of appeal. Faculty chairman Daniel Okun's letter the next day explained the policy as no penalties for strike absences and make-up exams for those who could not in conscience sit the scheduled exam. People: Joe Straley, Daniel A. Okun, Oscar Knefler RiceDigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, May 8, 1970, page 1 (OCR text)
6. November 6, 1979 Joe Straley is elected to the Chapel Hill Town Council In the municipal election, newcomer Joe Straley won one of four council seats with 2,796 votes, joining James C. Wallace, R. D. Smith and Jonathan Howes and edging out Joe Herzenberg. He was sworn in for a four-year term in December. People: Jonathan Howes, R. D. Smith, Joseph A. HerzenbergSearch the index · North Carolina Newspapers: The Daily Tar Heel, November 7, 1979, page 1
7. November 20, 1993 Joe and Lucy Straley receive the first Charles M. Jones award of the local ACLU The Chapel Hill-Carrboro chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union gave Joe and Lucy Straley, both 79, its Charles M. Jones award for their work for peace, social justice and racial integration. The award, begun that year, recognizes contributions to civil liberties and civil rights in Orange and Chatham counties. People: Joe Straley, Charles M. JonesSearch the index · North Carolina Newspapers: The Daily Tar Heel, November 22, 1993, page 2
8. March 27, 2006 Bill Thorpe petitions the council to name the post office plaza for local activists Council member Bill Thorpe presented a petition to rename the Franklin Street post office plaza for Charlotte Adams and Joe and Lucy Straley, an idea born at Joe Straley's memorial service. The council chose to hold a public hearing, and its naming committee proposed naming the plaza for an ideal with plaques for local peace and justice activists. People: Joe Straley, Lucy Straley, Charlotte Adams, Diana McDuffee, Joseph A. HerzenbergSearch the index · North Carolina Newspapers: The Daily Tar Heel, March 29, 2006, page 3
9. June 2006 Chapel Hill names the post office plaza Peace and Justice Plaza The Town Council named the space in front of the Franklin Street post office Peace and Justice Plaza, after a petition to honor Charlotte Adams and Joe and Lucy Straley. Lucy Straley, then 92, told the Daily Tar Heel the plaza had long been the couple's main backdrop for protest. People: Joe Straley, Bill Thorpe, Charlotte AdamsSearch the index · North Carolina Newspapers: The Daily Tar Heel, September 13, 2007, page 3
10. September 20, 2009 Chapel Hill dedicates the Peace and Justice Plaza marker The town unveiled a granite marker at Peace and Justice Plaza, in front of the old post office on Franklin Street, naming nine local activists: Charlotte Adams, Hank Anderson, James Brittian, Joe Herzenberg, Mildred Ringwalt, Hubert Robinson, Joe Straley, Lucy Straley and Gloria Williams. The Town Council had named the plaza in 2006 and set criteria for later honorees. People: James Brittian, Mildred Ringwalt, Hubert Robinson, Joe Straley, Lucy Straley, Gloria Williams, Charlotte Adams, Joseph A. Herzenberg, Sally GreeneSearch the index · OrangePolitics: Sally Greene, Peace and protest, justice and injustice: marking Chapel Hill's sacred space (September 19, 2009) · Also: Town of Chapel Hill