Poor People's Campaign /tags/poor-peoples-campaign Poor People's Campaign en-US Copyright Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:38:18 GMT Poor People's Campaign wants to boost voter turnout in 2024 /politics/2024-02-20/poor-peoples-campaign-boost-voter-turnout-2024 A national grassroots group is launching a voter mobilization effort across the country, including in North Carolina. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:38:18 GMT /politics/2024-02-20/poor-peoples-campaign-boost-voter-turnout-2024 Rusty Jacobs Bishop William Barber retires from Goldsboro church, will continue activism /news/2023-06-20/bishop-william-barber-retires-from-goldsboro-church-will-continue-activism 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. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:49:54 GMT /news/2023-06-20/bishop-william-barber-retires-from-goldsboro-church-will-continue-activism Will Michaels ‘Strike For Black Lives’ Calls Attention To Racial, Economic Injustice /race-demographics/2020-07-20/strike-for-black-lives-calls-attention-to-racial-economic-injustice Tens of thousands of workers in more than 25 cities are expected to participate in a full-day strike today as part of the “Strike for Black Lives.” Those… Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:32:10 GMT /race-demographics/2020-07-20/strike-for-black-lives-calls-attention-to-racial-economic-injustice Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao NC Poor People's Campaign Wraps Up Bus Tour in Raleigh /race-demographics/2019-05-01/nc-poor-peoples-campaign-wraps-up-bus-tour-in-raleigh The North Carolina Poor People’s Campaign is wrapping up its statewide bus tour today in Raleigh. They plan on joining school teachers for the May 1… Wed, 01 May 2019 14:49:35 GMT /race-demographics/2019-05-01/nc-poor-peoples-campaign-wraps-up-bus-tour-in-raleigh Leoneda Inge Poor People's Campaign To Hold Bus Tours Of Poverty Areas /news/2019-02-25/poor-peoples-campaign-to-hold-bus-tours-of-poverty-areas 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… Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:27:14 GMT /news/2019-02-25/poor-peoples-campaign-to-hold-bus-tours-of-poverty-areas Associated Press 13 Protesters Arrested At Legislative Building /politics/2018-05-22/13-protesters-arrested-at-legislative-building More than a dozen people were arrested Monday inside North Carolina's Legislative Building while demonstrating against Republican policies in the state… Tue, 22 May 2018 15:54:36 GMT /politics/2018-05-22/13-protesters-arrested-at-legislative-building Associated Press North Carolina Marks Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death, 50 Years Later /race-demographics/2018-04-04/north-carolina-marks-martin-luther-king-jr-s-death-50-years-later 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… Wed, 04 Apr 2018 12:01:01 GMT /race-demographics/2018-04-04/north-carolina-marks-martin-luther-king-jr-s-death-50-years-later Leoneda Inge