BY  CASH MICHAELS OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL After seeing the heartfelt appeal that he stay on until October, Rev. Barber said he respects the sixteen activists who signed it, and is giving their request serious thought. Indeed, Barber said he is praying about it. He continued that while he did announce in May that he would be stepping down this month, he has not put anything in writing yet. He said there ar ...

"Our primary concern is to make full use of the Great North Carolina Fusion Movement to impact the recent court decision." ...

“That order represented a tough, well crafted remedy which is now necessary in order to immediately remove the present illegally constituted General Assembly,” said Attorney Irving Joyner, Chair, Legal Redress Committee, NC NAACP. ...

Barber’s announcement is expected to occur by the middle of June. First Vice President Carolyn Coleman said last week that candidates for state president are expected to formally file by June 15th. ...

It is clear that whoever does succeed The Reverend Dr. Barber already knows that he or she has "a hard act to follow." ...

Barber has been president of the North Carolina chapter, the largest in the South, since 2005. He led the once troubled conference into national prominence with weekly Moral Monday demonstrations at the North Carolina state legislature since 2013, and challenging the state on controversial cases of alleged racial injustice. ...

A top historic attraction in downtown Greensboro, the ICRM is housed in the former F.W. Woolworth Store, where four NCA&T State University students boldly ordered food at the "Whites Only" counter on February 1, 1960, thus reigniting the civil rights movement. ...

Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, said that while McCrory ultimately did not succeed in proving fraud or winning the election, there is significant and permanent damage when fraud is alleged. ...

In North Carolina 72 percent of whites own their own homes compared with 45 percent for people of color. ...

Experts say the best way to prevent infection in humans is to avoid sources of exposure. ...