FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2013
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919 394 8137
Atty. Jamie Phillips Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700
For Media Assistance: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864
Week 3 of Statewide Art Pope Informational Picket Campaign
Kicks Off With 9 Simultaneous Pickets
Monday, December 16, 2013
4:00 PM
Recently, the Brunswick County Board of Education met to discuss whether or not to remove the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple” from a high school reading list. The meeting marked at least the third time this year that a North Carolina school board has openly considered removing from a reading list or altogether banning a critically acclaimed work of literature after a small group of parents complained about its content. - See more here:
NC on the biofuels map because of the NC Biofuels Center, which the Repubs eliminated in this year's budget. #NCGA http://t.co/HXcPdmKMbv
— Josh Stein (@JoshStein_) December 3, 2013
