Two Black voters are arguing that state lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act by “cracking” a majority Black Senate ...

On November 10, 1898, white supremacists led the only successful U.S. coup, overthrowing Wilmington’s Black-led government in the ‘Wilmington Massacre.’ Its full toll and legacy remain unknown.

Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and Death Sentence for a Black Man in North Carolina, Judge Says SMITHFIELD ... death 100% of the time while similar white defendants received a death sentence ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ...

Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black ... white defendants received a death sentence only 45% of the time. None of those Black inmates in Johnston County have been executed, and North ...

It’s been three months since 5.7 million North Carolina voters cast their ballots in the 2024 election — but new data about voting patterns continues to emerge. The State Board of Elections recently ...