FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 2012
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
DURHAM - The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP delivered a letter this afternoon to Senator Phil Berger's office urging him and his colleagues to include compensation for victims of forced sterilization in the final budget. The letter can be downloaded here and is copied below.
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June 19, 2012
The Honorable Philip Berger
President Pro Tempore
North Carolina Senate
16 W. Jones Street, Room 2008
Raleigh, NC 27601-2808
Dear Senator Berger:
The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and the Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) People's Assembly Coalition urge the NC Senate to match the NC House's budget appropriation to provide compensation to the living victims of forced sterilization by the State of North Carolina through 1974.
Our taxes were quietly used to sterilize men and women because they were poor. Now we have the chance to give them a modest payment for the pain the state caused them.
Compensation will not make these victims whole. But it is a sign that the State of North Carolina wishes to repair the injuries it has caused some of her citizens. This is right. It is just. And it is time. Please direct your budget negotiators accordingly.
Yours in the Spirit of Truth of Justice,
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
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