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No Justice, No Peace
Equal rights seekers took a page from the past this week when they staged a peaceful “pray-in” at the General Assembly. The group, led by N.C. NAACP President Rev. William Barber II, were beseeching
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Union leaders recalled as trailblazers
A permanent tribute to workers whose strike led to the formation of a landmark union now stands at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fourth Street. A celebration and unveiling ceremony
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Marker to immortalize Reynolds union
Twenty years before the now-famous March on Washington, workers in Winston-Salem were fighting for their rights through Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations (FTA-CIO). Local 22 was
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Letter to the Editor
Harming the Billy Graham Legacy Below is an excerpt of an open letter by N.C. NAACP President William Barber, and signed by more than two dozen state religious leaders, to Rev. Franklin Graham,
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