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Voting rights groups worry that confusion over new requirements could dent turnout. But a growing election cynicism may become the greater fear.

Civil rights activist Dr. Benjamin Chavis Jr. spent Sunday encouraging the community to get out and vote.

Messages Sunday from the pulpits of churches across America included mentions of the 1963 March on Washington.

St. Joseph AME Church in Durham honors civil rights pioneer Virginia Williams 66 years after taking a seat against injustice at the Royal Ice Cream.

April is National Second Chance Month, and if nothing else, the Bull City believes in the god of second chances.

Are you a Comicon fan? Well, listen up, because a mini comicon launched at Steele Memorial Library and Ithaca Comicon continues tomorrow.

Mondale Robinson will be a featured speaker at True South: Reclaiming Southern History & Narrative, on Friday at NC Central University, sponsored by MDC, a downtown Durham-based nonprofit.

Mondale Robinson will be a featured speaker at True South: Reclaiming Southern History & Narrative, on Friday at NC Central University, sponsored by MDC, a downtown Durham-based nonprofit.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Sacrifice Sunday at St. Joseph AME Church in Durham is an important occasion for the community, as senior pastor Jay Augustine explained to ABC11. "We are honoring one of our own, brother Mickey Michaux, lifelong member of St. Joseph AME church, who sacrificed of himself in public service for an entire career. Were so very proud of his accomplishments," he said. Michaux is 90 years old and spent most of his life advocating for civil rights and voting rights. "It feels goo...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend since the pandemic meant a continuation of virtual church services. Faith leaders across the nation shared messages of appreciation like the one delivered by Jay Augustine, senior pastor of St. Joseph AME Church in Durham. "It is amazing when we think about how far we have come since March of 1965 when the Bloody Sunday march occurred through August of that year, when the Voting Rights Act was signed into law," he said, and...