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Trump Pledged To Roll Back Protections for Transgender Students. They’re Flooding Crisis Hotlines

Posted by Associated Press | Nov 15, 2024 | World

Transgender youth have flooded crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign.

Carrboro Helps Braxton Foushee ‘Smell His Flowers’ with Street Dedication, Ceremony

Posted by Brighton McConnell | Mar 28, 2024 | Instagram, Local Government

The Town of Carrboro celebrated one of its most influential figures on Wednesday, holding a ceremony to recognize Braxton Foushee.

Campaign for Southern Equality Files Federal Complaint Over NC’s LGBTQ Instruction Law

Posted by Brighton McConnell | Feb 1, 2024 | Instagram, Nonprofit, Pre-K - 12 Education, State Government

A North Carolina-based advocacy group filed a federal complaint on Tuesday, claiming the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” law violates Title IX.

Civil Rights Leaders Visit Chapel Hill, Advocate for SCOTUS Expansion

Posted by Brighton McConnell | Jun 14, 2023 | Higher Education, Instagram, National

As the country awaits a ruling on the future of affirmative action in higher education, civil rights leaders visited Chapel Hill.

Voices From the Violent Civil Rights Era See Attacks on Voting Rights as Part of Ongoing Struggle

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 8, 2023 | World

Written by GARY FIELDS They are part of a small, vanishing group who lived at the epicenter of the...

Convictions of 4 Freedom Riders Overturned by Orange County After 75 Years

Posted by Brighton McConnell | Jun 17, 2022 | Local Government, News

While more people may remember the Freedom Riders of 1961, 16 civil rights activists helped set...

CHCCS Honors Stanley Vickers, 60th Anniversary of Desegregation

Posted by Benjamin Rappaport | Aug 16, 2021 | Instagram, Pre-K - 12 Education

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools. CHCCS passed a resolution Thursday honoring the family of Stan Vickers, who made that progress possible.

Family Files $30M Suit Over Deputies’ Shooting of Black Man

Posted by Associated Press | Jul 17, 2021 | State

Written by BEN FINLEY The family of an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s...

VP Harris Sits At Counter Where Greensboro Four Made History

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 20, 2021 | National, State

Written by AAMER MADHANI Vice President Kamala Harris took a detour while visiting North Carolina...

Worker Groups Pan NC Labor Chief on Refusing New COVID Rules

Posted by Associated Press | Dec 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Health, State Government

North Carolina worker and civil rights advocates are unhappy with the outgoing state labor...

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