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In Gastonia, NC a school district forced a principal into retirement and issued an apology after 9-year-old Emanyea Lockett was suspended for calling his teacher “cute.”
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The NAACP has recently started a campaign aimed at securing the nomination of a Black judge to a predominantly Black district in North Carolina.
Leaders of the state chapter of the NAACP say that there has never been a Black federal judge in the Eastern or Western District court. Roughly half the state’s African-American population resides in the Eastern district, according to BET.com.
Read More“With only one African-American federal district court judge presently
President Obama landed in Asheville this morning with plans to speak to students at West Wilkes High School.
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Based on metrics like school performance, green space, and cultural amenities, Raleigh, N.C., ranks No. 1 in Businessweek.com’s first Best Cities ranking.
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Hurricane Irene’s main thrust was still a day away from North Carolina but heightened waves began hitting the state’s Outer Banks and rain began falling in the southeastern part of the state Friday as the storm continued trudging toward the East Coast.
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It appears Irene will take a more typical path into the Carolinas, perhaps as a major hurricane by the first part of the weekend.
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Join Yolanda Adams for the Health and Lifestyle Tour coming Raleigh on September 10, 2011 during Unity in the Community.
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About 150 drivers in the Triangle have already signed up but the program is still open to 300 more.
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The state of North Carolina is working on a plan to compensate thousands of residents who were victims of state-mandated sterilization.
State eugenics laws, which began after World War II and lasted up until 1977, sterilized men, women and children as young as 10-years-old in an attempt at better breeding and population control.
Read MoreSocial workers would coerce families to have their children sterilized under threat of losing their land, public assistance,
NORTH CAROLINA- Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X was arrested in Mars Hill, North Carolina and charged with identity theft.
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The New York Times reports:
Read MoreThe warrant included charges of grand larceny and identity theft. A law enforcement official said Ms. Shabazz was accused of stealing the identity of a family friend, the widow of one of Malcolm X’s bodyguards, and taking about
