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Sunday, 03 May 2015 00:00

We need a voice: Oppose ‘fast track’ for the TPP

We need a voice: Oppose ‘fast track’ for the TPP

For almost ten years now, the North Carolina NAACP has been building an anti-poverty, anti-racism, pro-labor moral people’s movement. The strength of our movement is based on a simple truth--we provide a platform to give voice to thousands of working families who have been shut out of the corridors of power.

Published in Stop the Job and Democracy Killing Free Trade Agreements
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Saturday, 06 December 2014 00:00

The strange death of Lennon Lacy: Another lynching mistaken for suicide?

The August hanging death of 17-year-old Lennon Lacy in Bladenboro, North Carolina was quickly ruled a suicide, but there are serious questions about whether the teen took his own life. The N.C. NAACP is calling for a federal investigation and plans to hold a march on Dec. 13 to draw attention the case.

On the morning of Aug. 29, the body of Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a noose fastened to a swing set at a trailer park in the small eastern North Carolina town of Bladenboro, about a half-mile from his family's home.

Published in End Mass Criminalization of Black and Brown Youth
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Saturday, 06 December 2014 00:00

Voter Suppression Efforts in Five States and Their Effect on the 2014 Midterm Elections

Poll volunteer Ethel Dunson waits for voters to finish casting their ballots in Columbus, Ohio.

“So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote, I do not possess myself. I cannot make up my mind—it is made up for me. I cannot live as a democratic citizen.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Published in Let Me Vote - Count My Vote
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Monday, 01 December 2014 00:00

NAACP chief: Ferguson civil rights march seeks justice for Michael Brown and systemic reform

Marchers walk past a burned-out business in Ferguson, Missouri, on their way to Jefferson City.

Hundreds of protesters in Missouri have a begun a week-long long march organised by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in a move designed to inspire the spirit of the civil rights movement of 1950s and 60s, following a grand jury’s decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown.

Published in End Mass Criminalization of Black and Brown Youth
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Wednesday, 05 November 2014 00:00

NAACP President Cornell Brooks tells Akron crowd his top priority is restoring voting rights

NAACP President Cornell Brooks tells Akron crowd his top priority is restoring voting rights

The new president of the NAACP told a group of about 300 people at Tangier on Sunday that the No. 1 item on his agenda is to fully restore the Voting Rights Act.

Published in Let Me Vote - Count My Vote
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Friday, 24 October 2014 00:00

Support for Medicaid expansion grows in the South

The N.C. NAACP held a mock funeral this week to dramatize the effect of the state's refusal to expand Medicaid to 500,000 residents. The next day, N.C. House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis -- an outspoken opponent of Medicaid expansion -- said the state should consider it.

Date on which the North Carolina NAACP held a mock funeral in Raleigh to protest North Carolina politicians' refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act: 10/20/2014

Published in Expand Medicaid NOW!
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