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Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Sunday, October 09, 2022

Democrat Cheri Beasley deadlocked with Republican Rep. Ted Budd in North carolina

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North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race is a statistical dead heat with the economy as the driving issue for voters in all parties, according t...
Saturday, April 02, 2022

University of North Carolina's Hubert Davis wins Coach of the Year Award

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University North Carolina coach Hubert Davis is the recipient of the 2021 John McLendon Award, which is presented annually to the top coll...
Saturday, October 09, 2021

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson calls gay and transgender people 'filth' Lt. Gov. Robinson

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Some North Carolina lawmakers and LGBTQ rights advocates are calling for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to “resign immediately,” after a vi...
Saturday, September 18, 2021

North Carolina court blocks state voter ID law, citing ‘intent to target African American voters’

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A North Carolina state court panel on Friday blocked a voter identification law, citing discrimination against Black voters. The law, kn...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Cheri Beasley: First African American woman Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that Cheri Beasley will be the next Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Beasley will be...
Thursday, January 03, 2019

First African American District Attorney in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is sworn in

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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has a new District Attorney. Spencer Merriweather was sworn in Wednesday along with about 80 Assist...
Friday, November 30, 2018

GOP Sen. Tim Scott To Oppose Trump Judicial Nominee Thomas Farr

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Republican Sen. Tim Scott announced Thursday he would oppose President Donald Trump's nominee to be a US district judge in North Car...
Sunday, October 21, 2018

North Carolina poll worker removed amid allegations of intimidating black voters

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Election officials in Bunn, North Carolina removed a poll worker from an early voting site Thursday following allegations that she inti...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

NAACP calls for economic boycott of North Carolina

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NAACP BOARD CITES RACIALLY-DISCRIMINATORY GERRYMANDERING AND VOTER SUPPRESSION LAWS AS KEY REASONS FOR ECONOMIC BOYCOTT RALEIGH, NC...
Thursday, December 01, 2016

Supreme Court considers challenges to racial gerrymandering

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One term after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the consideration of race in college admissions, and in a new term that already has cases...
Saturday, November 05, 2016

Three North Carolina counties ordered to restore voter lists

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A federal judge on Friday ordered elections boards in three North Carolina counties to restore voter registrations canceled too close ...
Wednesday, September 07, 2016

North Carolina early-voting cuts could dampen black vote

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Election officials in nearly two dozen North Carolina counties have approved reductions in early-voting hours ahead of November’s electi...
Friday, July 29, 2016

North Carolina voter ID law struck down as discriminatory to black voters

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A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a North Carolina law that required voters to show photo identification when casting ballots, ...
Thursday, June 02, 2016

HBCUs to be dropped from low-tuition proposal at UNC campuses

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Historically black universities will be dropped from a legislative plan to slash tuition to $500 a semester, said Republican Sen. Tom ...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Deputies suspended for 'failures to act' at Trump rally where protester punched

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Five sheriff's deputies in North Carolina have been suspended without pay following a Donald Trump rally where an African American...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

FBI reviews hanging death of black teen

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The FBI is reviewing the investigation into the death of a black North Carolina teenager found hanging from a swing set after relative...
Sunday, November 02, 2014

Will blacks vote for democrats who run away from President Obama?

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Let's be honest here. If democrats want to hold onto the Senate, they need to win the black vote overwhelmingly. While many pundit...