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MTV to showcase the cutest couple going to prom in North Carolina

Friday, May 19, 2017

Noah Ambrose and Brandon Caddell didn't set out to get MTV's attention; what they want is to change the world.

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NAACP calls for boycott of North Carolina over HB2, voting rights

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Cornell Brooks of the NAACP urged religious, sports, and entertainment events to take the business elsewhere.

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Opposition to Trump, HB2 boost NAACP’s annual ‘Moral March on Raleigh’

Sunday, February 12, 2017

The Rev. William Barber, state NAACP president and driving force behind the rally, portrayed Trump's election as a right-wing response to recent expansions of equality and justice.

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Incoming governor doesn’t support national boycott of North Carolina

Monday, December 26, 2016

He shares others' frustrations about House Bill 2, but he said the better way is to bring companies to North Carolina to "join us in the fight for fairness."

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North Carolina NAACP calls for nationwide boycott after HB2 repeal failure

Friday, December 23, 2016

A similar boycott of South Carolina over the Confederate flag lasted 15 years and cost the state millions of dollars.

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5 real winners of the 2016 Election: HRC, Lambda Legal, ACLU, ADL and NAACP

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

And five is just the beginning. Many progressive organizations are seeing a boost in funding since the election of Donald Trump.

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Judges rule against N.C.’s other discriminatory law: voter ID

Friday, July 29, 2016

The governor's re-election campaign accused the judges of siding with Hillary Clinton, when in fact it sided with disenfranchised African-Americans,

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A rabbi, a Christian and Ohio’s governor walk out of a convention…

Friday, July 15, 2016

Ivanka Trump's rabbi, Tim Tebow, and John Kasich are among those who have refused Trump's invitations to speak next week.

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NAACP President Ben Jealous announces plans to step down this year

Sunday, September 8, 2013

WASHINGTON -- Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Sunday that he plans to step down by the end of the year.

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Delaware NAACP calls on state lawmakers to pass marriage equality

Monday, March 25, 2013

WILMINGTON, Del. -- The Delaware chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is calling on Delaware state lawmakers to pass a marriage equality bill.

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