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Hagan, Miller want civil rights coins

bniolet — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:40:55 -0400

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan wants the U.S. Treasury to create a commemorative coin to honor the 50th anniversary of the Woolworth’s civil rights sit-ins in Greensboro.

On Feb. 1, 1960, four students from N.C. A&T University sat at the whites-only lunch counter in downtown Greensboro and refused to leave, Barb Barrett reports. The protest sparked a movement throughout the South.

Miller move helps historic buildings

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:14:03 -0400

A new public lands bill includes a provision to save historic landmarks.

President Obama signed the bill into law Monday. It includes a provision from U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, a Raleigh Democrat, to preserve landmarks around the country.

Cooper asks court to keep law

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:50:19 -0400

Roy Cooper will intervene in a Supreme Court case.

The attorney general told a sympathetic crowd of civil rights and social justice advocates Wednesday that he will ask the justices to preserve a section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that requires the federal government approve state election law changes.

To form a more perfect union

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:34:57 -0500

Bea Perry was ready for the voters.

Her hood pulled up over her hair, she stood beneath a tent at the Chavis Center in Southeast Raleigh, ready to help voters on behalf of the Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association, a civil rights group. Nearby boxes of Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme and boxes of coffee were stacked on a table.

Memories of Helms: A drop-in visit

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:59:20 -0400

Lawson Stallings first met Jesse Helms by accident.

A few years ago, the Rolesville online auto parts salesman found himself in the building where Helms' office was then located. A longtime fan, he stopped in the office.

"I decided to go in and see if he was there," he said. "Sure enough, he welcomed me like he'd known me his whole life."

Claims Dept: Moore raises issue of trust

bkrueger — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:10:14 -0400

Richard Moore, a Democratic candidate for governor, has a new tv ad questioning whether Beverly Perdue can be trusted because of a vote she cast in the legislature in 1987, Mark Johnson reports.

Perdue accuses Moore of "race-baiting"

bkrueger — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:07:05 -0400

Beverly Perdue's campaign says Richard Moore has turned to "race-baiting" with his latest ad in the Democratic primary for governor.

"Richard Moore's newest ad represents the worst kind of race-baiting in politics," Perdue said in a statement. "It's no better than the race-baiting tactics of Jesse Helms and no better than the new ad by the Republican Party, and it's really sad that Richard Moore would stoop to this level."

Durham marker to note sit-in

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:10:29 -0500

The site of a sit-in at a Durham ice cream shop will get the state's fourth highway marker dedicated to the civil rights movement.

The June 23, 1957, sit-in of the Royal Ice Cream Co. didn't attract the attention of a similar protest three years later at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro.