In preparation for what is being called the most regressive voting legislation in the nation, voting rights organizations are scrambling to engage and mobilize voters across the state. Representatives from
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Local rally recalls historic March on Washington Lenoir native Louise Lash’s grandmother worked as a maid but was not allowed to enter the front door at the home of the
The weekly Moral Monday rally at the General Assembly saw a swelling in attendance this week, courtesy of the latest repressive law passed by Republican lawmakers. In what was the
Dr. John Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, became one of the first local pastors to take a stand against what many are calling regressive legislation that is being handed
Marchers stand for voting rights Local residents took a page from the 1960s Sunday, taking to downtown streets for a
President Barack Obama served as the keynote speaker of this year’s 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Noon Hour Commemoration,
Hollis Watkins has been fighting for freedom for more than five decades. Watkins, the youngest of 12 children born to
