Stallings Lobby dedicated at A&T
October 10, 2019On Thursday, October 3, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University honored Vernell Stallings, member of the Class of 1964, at the university’s Student Center by naming the lobby of the building in his honor. Stallings was recognized for his significant legacy and contributions to the university. Before Stallings came to NCA&TSU, he was the […]
What happens next in N.C. NAACP allegations drama?
October 9, 2019According to those who attended last weekend’s 76th Annual N.C. NAACP Convention in Winston-Salem, it was memorable, but for the most part, for all of the wrong reasons. What normally and annually is an exercise for attendees in reaffirming the basic principles of the state’s oldest, and foremost civil rights organization, was instead, according to […]
Poor People’s Campaign gathers in Greensboro
October 3, 2019The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC): A National Call for Moral Revival brought its message of eliminating racist and immoral policies to Greensboro on September 30. PPC co-chairs, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis led dozens of marchers from New Zion Missionary Baptist Church on MLK Jr. Drive to Shiloh Baptist Church […]
Barber, Spearman stand with NAACP women against harassment
September 26, 2019RALEIGH – The former longtime president of the N.C. NAACP has issued a statement saying that he “stands” with the “integrity-filled women elders” of the state chapter of the nation’s oldest civil rights movement in their demand to have a member accused of sexual harassment removed from the organization. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber […]
NAACP’s 54th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
September 25, 2019“Despite what was put on our back. We survived. Because we are the great people,” said Rev. Dr. Leonzo Lynch, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C. President of the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Lynch served as the keynote speaker for the NAACP Greensboro branch’s 54th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet […]
Election 2020: Cyber experts urge use of paper ballot back-ups
September 19, 2019The N.C. NAACP is educating voters on hackable voting machines. A panel of cyber experts and voting data analysts advised the community on voter security at an emergency Town Hall on September 16th at New Light Missionary Baptist Church in Greensboro. The panel was video broadcast into the meeting where they discussed options that states […]
The Devilish Deeds of Thomas Hofeller: N.C. NAACP asks court for files
September 12, 2019Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, president of the N.C. NAACP, has formally asked the three-judge panel which struck down the partisan state legislative gerrymandered maps last week, for “…the public disclosure of files currently under seal of the court relating to political consulting by Dr. Thomas B. Hofeller.” Only 35 of the tens of thousands […]
Three-Judge Panel Rules N.C. Legislative Redistricting Unconstitutional
September 6, 2019A three-judge panel ruled unanimously Tuesday, Sept. 3 that North Carolina’s legislative voting districts drawn in 2017 were ‘unlawful partisan gerrymanders,’ and struck them down as unconstitutional. Twenty-eight North Carolina counties are affected in the state House and 21 in the state Senate by this ruling. The court ordered new maps be drawn by the […]
Harris rally draws support of Greensboro leaders, residents
August 30, 2019Several hundred people filled the gym at Smith High School on Sunday afternoon to bear witness on what would be Presidential Candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris’ first appearance in Greensboro for her “We the People” rally. Residents of all ages, ethnicities, sexual orientation, race and Pan-Hellenic chapters stood shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of […]
N.C. NAACP: Voter ID is voter suppression
August 23, 2019North Carolina NAACP representatives and lawyers from Forward Justice held a press conference in Greensboro on Tuesday to outline a broad strategy to speak with new and longtime voters and, specifically, college students, the elderly and any person who could face reasonable obstacles to securing proper photo identification. The N.C. NAACP is calling for all […]
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