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The NAACP says it will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina. It's the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history.
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Both sides made closing arguments Monday in a federal court case that could decide if the state’s voter ID law continues as is. Attorney John Freedman…
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Two Democratic state representatives testified in federal court Thursday that the voter identification law passed in 2018 was rushed through the General…
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The second day of the NAACP's lawsuit over North Carolina’s 2018 voter ID law saw four witnesses take the stand at Winston-Salem's Middle District federal courthouse.
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From the plaintiffs’ perspective, S.B. 824, which requires voters to provide photo ID at the polls, disenfranchises Black and Latino voters. Attorneys representing GOP supporters of the law argue that it’s among the most permissive in the country.
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A federal lawsuit filed over five years ago challenging North Carolina's new photo voter identification mandate is now set to go to trial in the spring, with an outcome that could possibly affect what people must do to cast ballots this fall.
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Catawba College’s Center for the Environment is hosting a community conversation next week. The event is the result of a partnership between the college, the local NAACP chapter, and the Reimagining America Project, a nonprofit looking to enact systemic changes to end racism.
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The Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, a civil rights advocate and former president of the North Carolina branch of the NAACP who also served as president of the…
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Guilford County Commissioner Carolyn Coleman has died. The community leader and civil rights champion represented the Pleasant Garden community and…
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Civil rights groups have settled a dispute with a North Carolina sheriff's office over courthouse protests against a Confederate monument. The settlement…