NC Black College Day rally rejects hate at Barber Scotia
About 1000 students from North Carolina's historically black colleges gathered at Barber-Scotia College to celebrate Black College Day 1994 and loudly oppose a Nation of Islam speaker. They demanded he stop as he criticized whites, stressing defense of financially strapped HBCUs and the university community.
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Lawsuit accuses Battleboro of racial harassment by police
In Battleboro, North Carolina, 36 year old nurse’s aide Mari lyn Powell sues the town government claiming white police officers roughed her, pepper sprayed her, and jailed her after seeking permission to remove a newborn from a car. She says the incident shows ongoing racism in the town east of Raleigh.
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