Tuesday, the NC Senate voted to override Cooper’s veto, followed by the NC House Wednesday morning. The budget is now law, but Cooper threatens to file suit to stop it.. ...

“I cannot, and will not, seek another term as state president, but for the stability of the movement in these transitional moments, I will stay, with God’s help, until a new president is elected to lead the NCNAACP in October, the civil rights leader said in a statement Sunday. ...

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. ...