Poor People's Campaign

Politics

Poor People's Campaign wants to boost voter turnout in 2024

Rusty Jacobs

A national grassroots group is launching a voter mobilization effort across the country, including in North Carolina.

In this Monday, April 19, 2021 file photo, Rev. William J. Barber II, national co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, tells a gathering in downtown Jackson, Miss., that restoring voting rights to people who have finished serving time is a moral imperative.

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Bishop William Barber retires from Goldsboro church, will continue activism

Will Michaels

North Carolina civil rights leader Bishop William Barber says he will continue his work as an activist following his final sermon at Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro.

Protester holds up a sign that reads: End systemic racism.

Race, Class & Communities

鈥楽trike For Black Lives鈥� Calls Attention To Racial, Economic Injustice

Kaia Findlay

Tens of thousands of workers in more than 25 cities are expected to participate in a full-day strike today as part of the 鈥淪trike for Black Lives.鈥� Those鈥�

Poverty, Poor People's Campaign, Mass Incarceration

Race, Class & Communities

NC Poor People's Campaign Wraps Up Bus Tour in Raleigh

Leoneda Inge

The North Carolina Poor People鈥檚 Campaign is wrapping up its statewide bus tour today in Raleigh. They plan on joining school teachers for the May 1鈥�

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Poor People's Campaign To Hold Bus Tours Of Poverty Areas

Associated Press

The Poor People's Campaign will hold bus tours of poverty-stricken areas in more than 20 states to call attention to "what the national emergencies really鈥�

Rev. William Barber, who is now a co-chair of the national Poor People's Campaign.

Politics

13 Protesters Arrested At Legislative Building

Associated Press

More than a dozen people were arrested Monday inside North Carolina's Legislative Building while demonstrating against Republican policies in the state鈥�

Rev. Gil Caldwell (far right) with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Race, Class & Communities

North Carolina Marks Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death, 50 Years Later

Leoneda Inge

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and many people across the Tar Heel state are remembering the civil rights鈥�