1. Joseph Andrew Felmet was an American journalist, pacifist, and civil rights activist.
29 Facts About Joe Felmet
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Joe Felmet worked as a reporter for The Hartford Times and the Winston-Salem Journal.
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Joe Felmet participated in the Journey of Reconciliation in 1947, considered the precursor to the Freedom Riders.
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Joe Felmet was born on May 31,1921, in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Joe Felmet attended Lee H Edwards High School and delivered newspapers for The Asheville Times.
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Joe Felmet graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
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Joe Felmet was released after agreeing to register with the Selective Service after spending six months in the camp, but in 1943, he was drafted to the United States Army and refused to report.
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Joe Felmet was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, but was released after six months.
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Joe Felmet was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in February 1947 for not registering with the city prior to canvassing in African-American neighborhoods for the WDL.
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Joe Felmet worked as a reporter for The Hartford Times in the 1950s.
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Joe Felmet returned to North Carolina in 1955 when he accepted a job with the Winston-Salem Journal, where he worked in the editorial staff.
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Joe Felmet lost the primary election to Stephen L Neal, receiving 5,141 votes to Neal's 28,379, and Neal went on to defeat Mizell.
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Joe Felmet ran for the Democratic Party nomination for the United States Senate in the 1978 election.
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Joe Felmet delivered a petition to President Jimmy Carter and Governor Jim Hunt seeking a pardon on behalf of the Wilmington Ten.
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Joe Felmet was arrested on the campus of North Carolina State University for trespassing when he refused to stop circulating petitions.
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Joe Felmet filed a brief with the court challenging the university's restrictions on outsiders communicating with students as a violation of his First Amendment rights.
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Joe Felmet enrolled at Wake Forest University to study the Russian language, and petitioned the United States Information Agency for issues of Amerika, the Russian-language magazine published by the United States Department of State.
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Shortly thereafter, Joe Felmet entered the Town Common at Old Salem in Winston-Salem and petitioned Congress to end the draft.
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The charge was dismissed and Old Salem Foundation agreed to recognize freedom of speech in the Town Common when Joe Felmet produced substantial records of State funding of road and other improvements at Old Salem.
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In 1952, it was reported that Joe Felmet was engaged to Marianne Ryon of Stonington, Connecticut.
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Joe Felmet was a graduate of Hollins College and UNC Chapel Hill, with an MA from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
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Joe Felmet taught piano at Meredith College in the 1940s and later taught at Wake Forest University and gave private piano lessons in Winston-Salem.
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Joe Felmet's estate was substantial primarily due to investments rooted in her father's founding of Old Town Telephone System.
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Joe Felmet challenged the will as invalid under state law since it provided less than he would receive by intestate succession without a will.
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Joe Felmet remained in the couple's modest home after his wife's death in 1993.
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Joe Felmet died in September 1994, but his exact date of death could not be determined.
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The October 20,1994, edition of the Winston-Salem Chronicle simply mentioned that Joe Felmet had died "recently".
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The Chronicle noted that prior to his death, Joe Felmet had expressed he did not want a memorial service held for him after he died.
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Joe Felmet bequeathed his estate to the War Resister's League, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and his niece.