As a federal hearing in North Carolina’s own partisan gerrymandering case involving congressional districts commenced this week in Greensboro, a three-judge panel still reviewing redrawn legislative redistricting maps seemed to
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At last week’s 74th Annual N.C. NAACP Convention in Raleigh, legal activists fighting against illegal North Carolina voting laws and redistricting, warned that Republican-led legislative leaders are moving steadily, especially
The N.C. NAACP elected a new president last weekend to touts, “I’m woke, and I ain’t skerd,” letting advocates and adversaries alike know that just because Bishop Dr. William J. Barber II has finished his 12-year tenure as leader, doesn’t mean the state’s oldest civil rights organization will cease it’s aggressive battle for freedom, justice and equality.
Barber recalls many battles he’s led the N.C. NAACP into, in the areas of education, civil rights, workers’ rights, immigrant rights, LBGTQ rights, affordable health care, criminal justice and economic justice, many of which ended in victory for the people.
Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, and Rev. Dr. Portia Rochelle, are vying to succeed Barber as president of the N.C. NAACP.
Last weekend supporters of the Democratic Party from across the state gathered in Winston-Salem for the 57th Democratic Women of
Editor’s note: First of two parts. The upcoming N.C. NAACP 74th Annual Convention in Raleigh Oct. 5-7, will be the
BALTIMORE, Md. —A packed house, mostly comprised of a healthy mix of students and community members, filled auditorium seats at
When the 74th Annual NC NAACP Convention opens at the Raleigh Convention Center, Thursday, October 5 through Saturday, Oct. 7,
According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau released on Sept. 14, more than 1.5 million of 10,146,788 North
