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NAACP banquet to feature Barber
The NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet will be held on Friday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 910 File St. Rev. Dr. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina State
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Ol’ Boys Boards
Combined, women and minorities have spending power in the many trillions. From a business standpoint, companies should be knocking one another over to cater to these groups, including by making sure women, blacks, browns
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Corporate boards in N.C. still lag in diversity
The diversity of corporate boards in North Carolina has stagnated since 2009 and significantly lags behind the diversity of Fortune 100 boardrooms, according to data recently released by the School of Law Director Diversity
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All White Federal Courts
It’s 2013, not 1950, but someone forgot to tell our federal court system that. The N.C. NAACP is again voicing its concern about the lack of racial diversity on the U.S. District Court of
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GOP leader questions president’s faith, agenda
Felice Pete, president of the Wake County Republican Women, told local residents that she’s long taken heat for being black and Republican. She “came out” as a Republican when she was an undergrad at
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County eyes tax hike to counter low revaluations
Property owners should expect a rate hike as the city and county scramble for ways to make up the millions they will lose as a result of recent revaluations by the office of the
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