FORMER NC NAACP STAFFER SUES FOR $15 MILLION AFTER SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIM
“The NAACP “…is liable for the misconduct for Gatewood because the National NAACP ratified [his ] conduct,’ Childs’ suit alleges. […]
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GOP-CONNECTED GROUP CREATED FAKE ERICA SMITH ADS
“We reject the influence of special interest corporate PAC and dark money in politics,” Smith said. […]
WERE BLACK JURORS ILLEGALLY EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN CASES BECAUSE OF COLOR?
BY CASH MICHAELS OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL Did prosecutors deliberately and illegally exclude African-American jurors from two recent North Carolina cases because the defendants were also Black? That is the question with which the NC […]
60 YEARS AGO STUDENTS LAUNCHED SIT-IN MOVEMENT
The brave freshmen from NC A&T, would later be adorned with the iconic label of the “Greensboro Four”. […]
REV. BARBER SAYS HE “STANDS” WITH NC NAACP WOMEN ELDERS IN COMPLAINT
Allegedly, two years ago, an unnamed supervisor in the NC NAACP office was accused of sexual harassment by a young female field organizer. […]
FIVE NC BLACK SHERIFFS SAY LEADERSHIP “ISN’T EASY”
Since taking office, Sheriff McFadden has made clear, like Sheriff Baker, that his officers will not detain illegal immigrants for I.C. E. agents (even though the Republican-led NC General Assembly is passing a law mandating that sheriffs in all 100 counties work with I.C. E.). […]
REV. BARBER TO CBCF: WE MUST COME TOGETHER IN THE MOVEMENT
“So we are here, my sisters and brothers, to cry out on behalf of those who have not yet been heard…because America has always struggled with who she is.” […]
NCNAACP WINS TWO MAJOR NC CASES
The NCNAACP is applauding two recent major federal court decisions that it says “protects the lives….” and voting rights of African-Americans across North Carolina. […]
EXCLUSIVE: BEATTY SAYS GOP SKIPPED HIS NOMINATION BEFORE CAUCUS, VOTING IT DOWN
Black leaders and state Democrats are calling how Beatty was treated “pettiness at an all-time high,” not only for it’s racial implications, but clear evidence of animus toward yet another Democratic governor. […]
SHORT SESSION ENDS ON RACIAL NOTE
Republican legislative leaders continued not to be friendly to North Carolina’s African-American community. […]