Linda Sutton was born on March 17, 1950 in Winston-Salem, NC. Attending segregated schools, she graduated from Atkins High School in 1968. Raised in a church-going and closely knit family, she early on recognized the importance of the Civil Rights Movement, and became an ardent activist in the Winston-Salem area. This has continued for her whole adult life. After graduation she became a customer service representative at BellSouth, and quickly became a member of the Communications Workers of America local in Winston-Salem. Rising up in the union, she held a panoply of positions with the local and beyond, and was active in the state and national AFL-CIO. She believes deeply in the power and sense of shared community she has found in the Labor Movement. She has seen how organized workers can win better conditions, even in the South. Her work as a union activist has intersected organically with her years in the Civil Rights Movement. She has worked tirelessly in the many struggles around North Carolina and beyond. In the last 10 years she was highly active in the. Moral Movement Movement led by Reverend Barber, and is now an Organizer for Democracy North Carolina. (Note: Regarding the Moral Monday Movement please see the interviews with Reverend Bass and Reverend Mendez.) Ms. Sutton has had a truly amazing range of civic activities in tandem with her heavy involvement with the Civil Rights and Labor movements. She has done extensive work in the area of Voter Registration, which has been her key area of focus for the last decade. She regards voting as the penultimate battlefield for the Human Rights movement in the U.S. Despite her formidable optimism, she is worried about our country and deeply troubled by the resurgent racism. Deeply concerned with the fascist attacks on democracy now rampant in the U.S., she relies on a deep sense of faith held since infancy as a member of the Goler Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church.