Candlelight Vigil Set for Victims of Hedingham Shooting
A candlelight vigil will be held Sunday to honor the five victims of the mass shooting in the Hedingham neighborhood. Gov. Roy Cooper, Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, and Raleigh-Apex NAACP President Gerald Givens will speak on ways to prevent gun violence.
NC Supreme Court Keeps Challenge to Voter ID Alive
The case dates to 2018, when the legislature voted to put six proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot, including one that required photo ID for in-person voting.
The Nation’s Leading Black Think Tank Releases Its State of Black America Survey
The survey report comes one week before President Biden is set to address the nation in a State of the Union speech before the US House of Representatives on March 1.
Can NC Legislators Elected from Unconstitutional Districts Propose Changing the Constitution?
The legislature cannot rely on votes from legislators elected from illegally gerrymandered districts to put proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot, said Kym Hunter, a lawyer representing the NAACP.
Requiem for Uncle Mac
During Uncle Mac’s lifetime, Black Americans went from being lynched and run out of town to seeing the end of Jim Crow and electing a Black president. This global pandemic has tested the planet, and certainly the McDonald family.
Video Footage of Officers Smashing a Vehicle’s Window and Dragging a Wake Forest Woman to the Ground Went Viral Last Week
The woman’s minor children were in the vehicle and witnessed the whole thing in the latest incident of Triangle law enforcement officers using excessive force against residents.
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State Supreme Court to Consider Possibility of Involuntary Recusal for Justices Berger and Barringer
Court asks parties for briefs in case challenging 2018 constitutional amendments.
Back to the Drawing Board: An FAQ on Redistricting in N.C. in 2021
Redistricting will dominate the news and political discourse for months to come. In this FAQ, we cover the basics you need to know to follow along and participate in the process.
Did the Legal Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity Prevent Donald Dean from Getting Justice?
Donald Dean always wanted to do things the right way, even when a false accusation and violent encounter with Durham police wrecked his life.
Virtual Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Summit Pushes for Police Reform
“We’ve been nibbling around the edges on police reform for many years. I think that we really have to step back and take a different view of the relationship between armed police and the community.”
State NAACP Sues to Force the Release of Inmates Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
“North Carolina courts did not sentence thousands of people to suffer and potentially die from a pandemic.”
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