Stories tagged: "NAACP"

Courts The State Board of Elections denied a request from a voter to remove Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene over racist comments he made. (Image via Columbus County Sheriff's Office)
Courts State Board of Elections Denies Appeal to Remove Columbus County Sheriff Who Made Racist Comments

After a judge suspended Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene in October for racist comments, he resigned and then ran for re-election (and won) in what some are calling an effort to “game the system."

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson December 15, 2022 10:24 am EST
North Carolina DeWitt Powell, Jones Lake's longtime park superintendent, vigilantly guarded the atmosphere of peace and dignity of the park. No litter or profanity was permitted, and Black families could camp, hike, fish, swim or just relax on the lake's shores. Powell, who held his post for decades, established that atmosphere in the Jim Crow era, against the odds in rural Bladen County.
North Carolina How the ‘MLK of Jones Lake’ Made This NC Park an Island of Equality

Jones Lake State Park, North Carolina’s first to admit Black visitors, was a place guests could breathe freely, thanks to its first Black park superintendent.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright February 4, 2022 1:11 pm EST
North Carolina A monument to Confederate soldiers is seen in front of the Alamance County Courthouse in Graham, NC, in 2020. (Image via AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
North Carolina North Carolina NAACP Sues to Topple Confederate Monument in Graham

Civil Rights Groups Turn to Courts for Help Toppling North Carolina Confederate Statue.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright April 2, 2021 3:30 pm EDT
Coronavirus Jamie Lau, center, speaks in a vigil calling on Gov. Roy Cooper to act on pardon and clemency requests with two of his clients released from prison after serving long sentences next to him, Calrutha Johnson and Ronnie Long. Kristie Puckett-Willliams of the ACLU of NC is on the right. (Image courtesy of Melissa Boughton)
Coronavirus NC’s Prison Population Forgotten in Fight Against COVID-19, Advocates Say

A coalition of criminal justice groups are holding a 58-day vigil to pressure Gov. Roy Cooper to do more to protect the 30,000 North Carolinians in prison from COVID-19.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska November 16, 2020 12:16 pm EST
Coronavirus A rendering of attorney Allison Riggs' argument during League of Women Voters v. Rucho in 2019. (Art by Art Lien)
Coronavirus A Few Lawsuits Later, The Courts Made Voting in NC in 2020 More Fair. Here’s What You Need to Know.

An attorney at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice tells us what we need to know about voter ID, new maps, and voting in a pandemic.

Max Millington Max Millington September 3, 2020 4:00 pm EDT

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Rep. Jeffrey McNeely asked Rep. Abe Jones—who graduated near the top of his class at Harvard Law School and served nearly 20 years as an N.C. Superior Court judge —if he got into Harvard because he was Black. General Assembly Two NC Republicans Lose Leadership Posts Over Racist Comments
National Anti-Trump protesters clashed with counterprotesters and police outside of the Republican National Convention Monday in Charlotte. Our reporter witnessed police using their bikes as weapons against demonstrators and pepper spraying one young man. (Image for Cardinal & Pine by Alvin Jacobs Jr.)
National Outside of Trump’s RNC: A Clash of Protesters, Counterprotesters and Police

Police bash protesters with bikes and pepper spray one Black teen as demonstrators denounce Trump and GOP in protest outside the RNC.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright Alvin C. Jacobs Jr. Alvin C. Jacobs Jr. August 25, 2020 7:00 pm EDT
North Carolina NC NAACP President T. Anthony Spearman on the Ahmaud Arbery killing.
North Carolina NC NAACP On The Ahmaud Arbery Shooting: ‘Lives of African Americans Don’t Seem To Amount To Much’

The 25-year-old Black man's killing by two white men, one of them a former police officer, has prompted outrage in Georgia and beyond.

Billy Ball Billy Ball May 7, 2020 4:53 pm EDT