Apr. 22, 2009

by Rev. Nelson Johnson

A Call to Conscience by Nelson N. Johnson
Talking points from speech delivered during Cliffside Climate Action March and Rally in Charlotte, NC on April 20, 2009

Photo Credit:  Eric Blevins, Melanie Smith

Beloved Brothers and Sisters:

I come to you today as a son of the Southern Civil Rights and black liberation movements.  I join you today bringing the experiences, including the scars and wounds of...  

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Apr. 17, 2009

by Joyce Johnson

In the early morning of May 23, 1969, while a 5:00 am until 8:00 pm curfew was in effect over 650 National Guard troops stormed the campus of A&T State University.  More than 200 students were arrested and finger printed and another 300 were detained.   The Campus was thick with the stench of tear gas.  The doors were knocked down and rooms were ransacked in the old Scott Hall Dormitory.  Armored personnel carriers roamed the campus.  Two days earlier a 19...  

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Apr. 2, 2009

by Kathleen Jordan

On Monday March 30, 2009, roughly 300 concerned citizens of Guilford County met with Sheriff BJ Barnes to engage in a community dialogue regarding Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.  Section 287 (g)“allows the performance of immigration officer functions by state officers and employees”,...