Thursday, July 18, 2013

NC NAACP Holds News Conference to Respond to Most Recent Voter Suppression Legislation and Announce Mass Moral Monday Demonstration for Voting Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

18 July 2013

For More Information:           Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137

                                                Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700

For Media Assistance:            Rob Stephens, Field Secretary, 336-577-9335

RALEIGH - The North Carolina NAACP and the Forward Together Movement will hold a news conference on Friday morning to discuss the most recent attacks on voting rights by the NC General Assembly and announce a mass mobilization against these efforts at Moral Monday 12 on July 22. The news conference will include a report from the National NAACP Convention, held this week in Orlando, FL.

            The news conference will take place at Martin Street Baptist Church, 1001 E. Martin Street, Raleigh, NC in the sanctuary at 10:00 AM on Friday, July 19, 2013.

            The news conference will also introduce some of the 101 individuals who were arrested on Monday while bearing witness to extreme and destructive legislation in the NC General Assembly.

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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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