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Interview no. | U-0587 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | U.18. Long Civil Rights Movement: Heirs to a Fighting Tradition |
Project description | The Heirs Project is a multi-phased oral history initiative that explores the stories and traditions of social justice activism in North Carolina through in-depth interviews with 14 highly respected activists and organizers. Selected for the integrity and high level of skill in their work dedicated to social justice, the interviewees represent a diversity of age, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. These narratives capture the richness of a set of activists with powerful perspectives on social justice, political activism, and similar visions of the common good. The stories shared by this cohort of activists represent personal moments of transition and transformation, tales of empowerment and exhaustion, and organizing successes and defeats. The Project seeks to highlight the history of progressive political action in North Carolina through the stories and experiences of those who pushed for change. |
Date | October 15 2007 |
Interviewee | Sabra, Khalilah Christina. |
Interviewee occupation |
Social justice activists Authors Directors, NGOs and institutes |
Interviewee DOB | 1967 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer |
Rajendran, Mangala Manju, 1980- Gumbs, Alexis Pauline. Moore, Isabell. |
Abstract | Sabra's work with the Muslim American Society (MAS) and its Freedom Foundation; Drive to do more MAS work after 9/11; Process of nurturing recently immigrated Muslims, especially women, to become involved in activism; Philosophy of working together with other groups and doing outreach to non-Muslims; Conversion to Islam in high school; Involvement in activism after moving to North Carolina; Work with the American Civil Liberties Union in campaigns against racial profiling and tasering; Spiritual practices that keep her going; Attitudes of non-Muslim progressive groups toward Muslims; Lack of attention by anti-war groups to war crimes, especially those against women and children; Views on the women's movement and issues in this country; Ethical grounding that Islam can offer. |
Citation | Interview with Khalilah Sabra by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Isabell Moore and Manju Rajendran, October 15 2007 U-0587, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | U0587_Audio |