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Civil rights leaders: Go vote

    Civil rights leaders: Go vote

With the May 8 primaries commencing in three weeks, and early voting beginning today through May 5, veterans of the 1960s and ’70s Civil Rights Movement came to North Carolina

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Longtime civil rights activist Julian Bond dead at 75

    Longtime civil rights activist Julian Bond dead at 75

In above photo: Julian Bond, Georgia state legislator, withdraws his name from consideration as a vice presidential candidate after it was entered in nomination Aug. 29, 1968 in Chicago at the

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New Century, Same Cause

    New Century, Same Cause

Marchers stand for voting rights Local residents took a page from the 1960s Sunday, taking to downtown streets for a silent march to protest measures being considered by the state

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Silent march to spotlight threats to voting rights

    Silent march to spotlight threats to voting rights

A number of local organizations are marking the anniversary of Bloody Sunday next month with a silent march. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, more than 500 peaceful marchers, led by

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