Barnes, Billy E. (Billy Ebert) 1931-

To right these wrongs the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality in 1960s America by Robert Rodgers Korstad ( Book )
3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 486 libraries worldwide
Korstad and Leloudis explore an innovative program established by the governor of North Carolina in 1963 to combat severe poverty. They describe how the North Carolina Fund's initial successes grew out of its reliance on private philanthropy and federal d.

Oral history interview with Billy E. Barnes, November 6, 2003 interview O-0038, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) by Billy E Barnes ( Book )
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 14 libraries worldwide
Billy E. Barnes became a photographer during the late 1950s, following a tour of duty in the Korean War and his return to college in North Carolina. Barnes begins the interview with a brief discussion of his initial interest in photography and his first job with McGraw-Hill Publishing Company in New York City and in Atlanta, Georgia. After working for McGraw-Hill for several years and establishing a reputation for himself as a documentary photographer, Barnes returned to North Carolina to work for the North Carolina Fund (1964-1968), an offshoot of Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty. Barnes argues that as a photographer for the North Carolina Fund, he was able to lend a human face to the Fund's more impersonal collecting of statistics about the experiences of impoverished people in North Carolina. According to Barnes, his photographs documented the lives of impoverished people as part of a larger effort to debunk negative myths and stereotypes about welfare and poor people. He explains that he always strove to depict the strength, dignity, and pride of his subjects, and offers several anecdotes about some of his favorite photographs, which he explains told stories about the private, everyday lives of poor people. In addition, Barnes speaks at length about the widespread dissemination of his photographs in both local and national media, as well as its use by the Office of Economic Opportunity. Most of the interview focuses on Barnes's work with the North Carolina Fund, but he also discusses changing technologies for photography, the influence of other photographers, and his broader views on the principles of photography.

Oral history interview with Billy E. Barnes, October 7, 2003 interview O-0037, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) by Billy E Barnes ( Book )
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 13 libraries worldwide
Billy E. Barnes is a photographer known for his documentary work on racial and economic justice issues in the 1950s and 1960s. Barnes begins the interview by explaining how he grew interested in issues of inequality while working as a photographer for McGraw-Hill Publishing in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 1950s and early 1960s. After establishing a reputation for himself, Barnes was offered a job with the newly formed North Carolina Fund in 1963. Founded by Governor Terry Sanford and shaped by executive director George Esser, the North Carolina Fund was a precursor to President Lyndon Baines Johnson's more broadly conceived War on Poverty. Barnes describes the aims of the North Carolina Fund at length, emphasizing how the black power movement was demonstrative of the need to involve people in decision-making processes. He also discusses the Fund's ideology of providing people with opportunities and training rather than welfare, and its overall goal of breaking the cycle of poverty. Throughout the interview, Barnes describes the work of North Carolina Fund volunteers, who sought to educate children and implemented programs like Head Start. Researchers interested in the history of the North Carolina Fund, the photography of Barnes, or the uses of documentary photography in social justice movements of the South will find particularly useful material in the second half of the interview, in which Barnes describes a number of his most memorable photographs to the interviewer. The interview concludes with Barnes's brief discussion of his accumulated records about the North Carolina Fund and his failed effort to establish a radio station, owned and operated by the people, in Wautauga County, North Carolina. Barnes places the work of the North Carolina Fund within the broader context of economic justice and community empowerment, while paying attention to the political tensions that shaped the War on Poverty in the South.

Public radio essays by Billy E Barnes ( Recording )
2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Radio essays recorded by Billy E. Barnes for WUNC-FM. "These little three-minute stories reflect the essence of my life, and the tenor of Chapel Hill, during the 1990s"--Accompanying sheet.

Billy E. Barnes photographic collection, 1959-1996 by Billy E Barnes ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
The Billy E. Barnes Photographic Collection contains approximately 63,000 images taken during the early years of Billy Barnes's career from 1959 to 1996. The majority of the images are black-and-white 35mm negatives, but there are also photographic prints and 35mm transparencies (slides). During this part of his career, Barnes worked both as a freelance photographer and as an official photographer for several organizations and companies. Also included are images taken across the state of North Carolina that highlight poverty in both rural and urban areas, racial tension, experiments in integrated education, poverty prevention/alleviation programs, and the social/political changes that occurred in the state during this span of almost four decades. A large portion of the collection documents the activities of the North Carolina Fund (1963-1968) as well as related organizations and programs that outlasted the Fund project. Images were taken across the entire state, but with a concentration in Durham and Orange County. There are also some images of locations outside North Carolina. Barnes's original descriptions are used when available (from personal photographic log) and, whenever possible, individuals, organizations, events, locations, and dates have been identified. Known groups, organizations, and individuals are listed as subject access points, as are identified locations.

Luncheon talk to the Democratic women of Wake County, North Carolina by Billy E Barnes ( Book )
1 edition published in 1967 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

North Carolina Fund film number II : The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 by Billy E Barnes ( Book )
1 edition published in 1965 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

North Carolina : a state declares its own war by Billy E Barnes ( Book )
1 edition published in 1964 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

A collection of human-interest stories created for UNC-TV by Billy E. Barnes by Billy E Barnes ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

The Haw River ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
During the spring of 2000, Linden's students journeyed down the river from its source in Forsyth County to its basin in Jordan Lake, where it meets New Hope Creek. In addition to members of the Haw River Assembly and several wildlife conservationists, the students interviewed the mayors of Reidsville and Cary and residents who live along the Haw River. What they found was a dying river that once was clear and potable to the Sissipahaw Indians who drank out of its streams.