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North Carolina
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for North Carolina.
200Documented
5In custody
147Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in North Carolina
Where North Carolina’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 48
1970s 37
1920s 32
2010s 15
2020s 14
1800s 10
Recent dashboard entries from North Carolina
The newest published events and reporting located in North Carolina, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
Federal jury convicts William Stanley and Heather Morrow of misdemeanors after a blockade of Charlotte’s ICE office
Other
Treasury denies G20 summit credentials to reporters from major outlets and Asheville newsrooms
Protest
Hundreds rally and march in Pack Square Park for May Day 'Workers Over Billionaires'
Protest
Hundreds stage a die-in against ICE in Wilmington
Prosecution
Heather Morrow's felony assault charge is dropped and refiled as misdemeanors after a Charlotte ICE protest
Protest
Student-led march against ICE and Border Patrol raids in Durham
Protest
Hundreds of NC State students march against ICE from the Memorial Belltower
Arrest
Woman charged with assaulting an officer at a Charlotte ICE-office protest
Documented cases
200 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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John Gibson
John Gibson was one of eight union and labor-defense organizers jailed after a North Charlotte raid in Septemb...
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N. F. Gibson
Released
N. F. Gibson was a National Textile Workers Union striker. N. F. Gibson was one of the sixteen Gastonia defend...
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Lawrence Gore
Released
Lawrence Gore was a Textile Workers Union organizer convicted in August 1959 in the Henderson, North Carolina...
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Mary Grace
Mary Grace spent five days in jail after the October 20, 2007 protest at Blackwater headquarters in North Caro...
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A. G. Graham
Released
A. G. Graham was a United Textile Workers striker at the Eton Mill in Shelby, North Carolina, charged with "in...
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R. J. Gregory
R. J. Gregory was a textile worker and witness in the proceedings over Ella May Wiggins’s killing. The Daily W...
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Delmar Hampton
Released
Delmar Hampton was a Loray mill striker. Delmar Hampton was one of the sixteen Gastonia defendants held in the...
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J. F. Haraway
J. F. Haraway was a Burlington mill worker among six defendants convicted the preceding December of conspiracy...
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Vinson Harris
Vinson Harris was a Black federal prisoner who died at Butner, North Carolina, on March 4, 1986. A contemporar...
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J. C. Heffner
Released
J. C. Heffner was a Loray mill striker. J. C. Heffner was one of the sixteen Gastonia defendants held in the G...
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K. Y. Hendrix
Released
K. Y. Hendrix was a class-war prisoner writing to the ILD from behind bars in North Carolina in 1932, serving...
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Harvey Hensley
Harvey Hensley was listed by Breakthrough in its Summer 1991 prisoner directory as a Gulf War military resiste...
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Willis Hester
Willis Hester was a white North Carolinian, reported to be about forty-one years old, executed at Pittsboro on...
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Austin L. Hewett
Released
Austin L. Hewett was a conscientious objector from North Carolina imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Himelius Hockett
Released
Himelius Hockett was a North Carolina Quaker. Himelius Hockett was conscripted into the Confederate army with...
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Jesse Hockett
Released
Jesse Hockett was a North Carolina Quaker. Jesse Hockett was conscripted into the Confederate army with his br...
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William Hockett
Released
William Hockett was a North Carolina Quaker conscripted into the Confederate army with his brother Himelius. W...
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Alfred Hoffman
Alfred Hoffman was a United Textile Workers organizer at Marion, North Carolina, where striking workers were s...
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Larry Hogan
Released
Larry Hogan was arrested in connection with the strike of unemployed relief workers at High Point, North Carol...
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C. Holloway (Gastonia striker)
C. Holloway was among the Gastonia textile-strike pickets actually arrested and tried on a parading accusation...
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Odel Huey
Released
Odel Huey was a United Textile Workers striker at the Eton Mill in Shelby, North Carolina, charged with "incit...
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Jerome Hunter
Jerome Hunter was jailed after an interracial riot in North Carolina. A June 1921 Amsterdam News editorial rep...
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Herman Husband
Released
Herman Husband was a Quaker farmer and pamphleteer who became the leading voice of the North Carolina Regulato...
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John Keever
Released
John Keever was arrested during Gastonia textile-strike picketing. The May 20 dispatch reports a conviction at...
Institutions in North Carolina
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in North Carolina that appear in the census’s case files.
North Carolina state courtsWilmington, North Carolina
10 cases
Gaston County JailGastonia, North Carolina
9 cases
North Carolina State Penitentiary (Central Prison)Raleigh, North Carolina
7 cases
Buncombe County Superior Court
5 cases
Union County JailMonroe, North Carolina
3 cases
Camp Lejeune brigCamp Lejeune, North Carolina
2 cases
North Carolina State Prison System
2 cases
FMC ButnerButner, North Carolina
2 cases