We've all heard of the case of the Christian cake artist who declined to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his deeply-held belief in the Biblical view of marriage.
Published: Friday, May 18th, 2018 @ 4:19 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Do Charlotte's Charter Schools Segregate?
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2018 @ 5:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina Law School's Center for Civil Rights is cutting ties with the university system
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2017 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember when civil rights advocates demanded accountability from police and wanted them to wear bodycams? Those bodycams cost police departments a good chunk of money
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 4:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The University of North Carolina School of Law's Center for Civil Rights has been unlawfully litigating for 15 years, the N.C. State Bar said Nov. 9
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 2:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mark Dorosin is losing his job as managing attorney at the UNC School of Law's Center for Civil Rights
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights on Friday was officially banned from filing lawsuits. But low-income and minority residents still have options to get legal help
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 11:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina has no business entering into lawsuits against cities, counties, and the state, Steve Long, a member of the UNC Board of Governors, has said for months
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina's governing body may provoke national backlash if it bars the UNC Center for Civil Rights from entering into lawsuits, said UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2017 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina law school has no business participating in one-sided political advocacy or entering lawsuits representing only left-leaning clients, several members of the UNC Board of Governors say
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 @ 9:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Published: Monday, January 16th, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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In February 2015, the University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors (BOG) concluded an extensive review of the 237 academic centers and institutes housed across the 16 UNC campuses
Published: Monday, October 31st, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The first step in resolving any conflict or problem is to admit that you have one. Let's admit that we have a race problem. Not only is it divisive, but it is killing us - literally and figuratively - impeding our progress and overall welfare
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 8:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The rioting in the Wisconsin city of Milwaukee - that resulted from an alleged shooting death of an African American armed-suspect by a black police officer - is yet more evidence of the racial disharmony that's intensifying under the current government and civil-rights leaders.
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: Jim Kouri
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If you want to know the difference between an assault weapon or military grade weapon, move on this article will not interest you. But this is not a primer on gun technology or nomenclature but on 2nd amendment rights and other rights that may be in jeopardy in the future
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 7:14 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Jeremy Tedesco regarding a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights statement issued Monday
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 5:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In response to Donald Trump's call for a temporary pause on Muslim migratithom-smokingon, the Senate Judiciary Committee declared on Thursday that Muslims living in foreign nations have a global right to immigrate to the United States.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 2:48 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Georgia governor Nathan Dean announced the plans to erect a monument to MLK at historic Stone Mountain, Ga. It has been fifty two years since MLK made that his "I have a dream" speech and I am afraid that race relations in this country have slipped into an entrenched standoff of "us vs them mentalit
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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They say "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions," but that doesn't really describe the whole mechanism. The reason that good intentions can cause so many problems is because they lead to actions with unintended consequences.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 @ 3:46 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory released this statement following the death of Julian Bond.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 3:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Swaying to the sounds of some of the most iconic songs in American history, Julian Bond drove home a message: when it came to race relations during some of the last century's most tumultuous years, music defied bounds.
Published: Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 @ 12:35 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Historian and civil rights activist Julian Bond will present the Lawrence F. Brewster Lecture in History at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 in Wright Auditorium at East Carolina University.
Published: Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 @ 3:18 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory issued a statement commemorating the 50th Anniversary of The Civil Rights Ac
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2014 @ 11:21 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Supporters of private school vouchers rallied Tuesday outside the Legislative Building urging lawmakers to lift the cap on the number of students eligible to receive the vouchers in the coming school year.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Racial preferences have never been popular among most Americans, and in fact they are becoming less and less popular.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 6:50 am
By: John William Pope Center
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One of the toughest decisions an editor has to make is to decide how long an unsavory act or behavior should follow a person or an institution around in the news columns.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina will be challenged to support a convention of states to amend the U.S. constitution. You need to understand both side of this issue.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Raised in Littleton, North Carolina, Ella Baker graduated valedictorian from Shaw University on 1927.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 @ 1:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The head of the state's NAACP said the civil rights organization is broadening its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law and election law changes.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2014 @ 9:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2011, President Obama called for a more civil discourse to "make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds." Unfortunately, Gene Nichol, Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor - and former dean - at UNC-Chapel Hill's law school, appears to have no...
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2013 @ 10:51 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It's been more than 50 years since four North Carolina A&T State University students made history by taking a seat at the segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This story is a tangled mess that recently made national news. But it belongs to a large genre, familiar to the first author from his years as dean of Harvard College.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013 @ 4:27 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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