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With the endracism. The mayor condemned the nooses and allowanced the police would launch a hate Crime Investigation. The mayor said even though there were claims the nooses were used for exercise equipment, that does not excuse them. When officers searched the lake, they found five ropes attached to multiple trees. We spoke to one africanamerican man who shared this video of people using the ropes as swings. He tells us theyve been up for months and the purpose was to have fun, not to instill f...

To kind of challenge the ways thathat in much of our public conversation today there is a kind of dangerous i think distinction being made between whats being treated as the good old Civil Rights Movement and the sort of movements for Racial Justice and black lives matter today. These are very dangerous distinctions and i think really looking at the history of rosa parks and particularly look at the history of rosa parks through criminal justice, really challenges these distinctions that some co...

It is not a secret an injustice has been done. Now, Governor Perdue has an opportunity to right the wrong. We cannot go back to 1980. This is 2012. The North Carolina governor is being urged to pardon a group of civil rights activists were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago for the firebombing of a white owned Grocery Store. The conviction wic overturned in 1980, but the state has never pardon them. We will speak with one of the wilmington 10 who served eight years behind bars and it ...

It is not a secret an injustice has been done. Now, Governor Perdue has an opportunity to right the wrong. We cannot go back to 1980. This is 2012. The North Carolina governor is being urged to pardon a group of civil rights activists were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago for the firebombing of a white owned Grocery Store. The conviction was overturned in 1980, but the state has never pardon them. We will speak with one of the wilmington 10 who served eight years behind bars and it ...

Domestic surveillance program. Then, will the government of nerve North Carolina pardon the wilmington 10 . It is not a secret an injustice has been done. Now, Governor Perdue has an opportunity to right the wrong. We cannot go back to 1980. This is 2012. The North Carolina governor is being urged to pardon a group of civil rights activists were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago for the firebombing of a white owned Grocery Store. The conviction was overturned in 1980, but the state h...

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Funeral services for James “Bun” McKoy, a member of the civil rights and political prisoner group The Wilmington Ten, are set for 3:30 p.m. EST on Friday, Nov. 17. McKoy died on November 10th, at the age of 69. The cause of death was not immediately

Special Honors & Scholarship Gala Washington, D.C. – The Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ) annual Special Honors & Scholarship Gala is back — this time at the Armour J. Blackburn University Center on the campus of Howard University on Saturday, December 2. The event starts at 6 p.m. This year’s gala honors eight distinguished

James McKoy, member of the Wilmington Ten, dies at 69. His story of civil rights activism and false convictions will be remembered.

Twenty-five students ranked in the top ten percent of the Class of 2023, one student has earned the distinction of Superintendent Scholar, and two students have earned an Associate Degree from …