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‘Southern Heritage’ Rally Could Bring 1,500 to Hillsborough on Saturday

Posted by Staff | Aug 5, 2015 | Safety

The Town of Hillsborough is preparing for a rally in support of Confederate heritage this Saturday that’s expected to draw more than 1,500 people. Billed as an “educational rally about Confederate heritage,” the event is...

North Carolina Voting Rights Trial Begins Monday

Posted by Staff | Jul 10, 2015 | State Government

The case against a set of voting laws passed by the General Assembly in 2013 begins Monday in federal court. The U.S. Department of Justice and civil rights groups, including the North Carolina NAACP, took issue with a series of...

Memories on the Fault Lines of Race

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 23, 2015 | D.G. Martin

Two people who wanted to be something else have grabbed our attention recently: Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP chapter president in Spokane, Wash., and Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) Jenner, the 1976 Olympic decathlon champion....

“We Have Work To Do”: NAACP Hosts Police Chiefs, Sheriff

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 3, 2015 | Safety

About 50 people gathered Saturday for a spirited forum on race, class, and local policing, hosted by the NAACP.

NAACP Calls for Ouster of Assistant Principal at Chapel Hill High UPDATE: Assistant Principal Reassigned

Posted by Staff | Sep 5, 2014 | Pre-K - 12 Education

“Had my son died, and I’d not even known it, what would they have been able to tell me?”

“No One…Knew They Were Going To Do This”

Posted by Aaron Keck | May 31, 2014 | State Government

The “Moral Monday” sit-in in Thom Tillis’s office was apparently unplanned, say activists who were there.

Moral Monday Protests Postponed for Memorial Day

Posted by Staff | May 22, 2014 | State Government

Memorial Day will postpone Moral Monday, the well-known demonstrations against the North Carolina General Assembly’s legislative session, which kicked off last week.

Winning Moral Monday

Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 17, 2014 | State

How do you measure the success of “Moral Monday”? Is it participation, elections, policy–or something more?

“Moral March” Draws Tens Of Thousands

Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 10, 2014 | State

The NAACP’s “Moral March” was the largest civil rights march in the South in decades.

Forward Together Picket; Holiday Fire Safety; Feed 10,000

Posted by Staff | Dec 3, 2013 | News Around Town

The NC NAACP and the Forward Together Movement announced the kick-off of a statewide informational picket campaign aimed at NC Budget Director Art Pope.

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