NAACP Coverage

NAACP calls for release of man, FBI Investigation into Holly Springs police after new video footage emerges

Henderson Atwater has maintained his innocence since his 2021 arrest. He is facing charges after authorities said he was behind a series of pellet gun shootings that started in March 2020.

Shelle Jackson, WRAL reporter

NAACP calling for FBI investigation into Holly Springs Police Department

The Raleigh NAACP is demanding an FBI Investigation into the Holly Springs Police Department. The group is questioning the arrest of a man for pellet gun shootings that took place more than two years ago.

Autopsy confirms former state NAACP president Rev. Anthony Spearman died of suicide

An autopsy report released on Tuesday shows that Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, former president of the North Carolina NAACP, died of a self-inflicted gun shot to the head.

WRAL News

Editorial: Legislature's emails are public records, belong to the people, must be maintained

Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 -- Emails don't belong to Senate leader Phil Berger, House Speaker Tim Moore or Legislative Services Director Paul Coble. The fact that many legislative emails are by law hidden from disclosure, still they are very much PUBLIC records. They are the property of the people.

NC lawsuit on political power hampered by lost emails, delayed by procedure, lawyers say

Lawmaker emails are typically deleted after three years in North Carolina, due to a policy shift last year. Now lawyers say they want old emails for a lawsuit and can't get them.

Travis Fain, WRAL state government reporter

Raleigh mass shooting victim's fiancé questioned vigil's focus

Rob Steele is the fiancé of the late Mary Marshall, one of the Raleigh mass shooting victims. Steele said he feels lied to and that Sunday's Raleigh Healing Together event carried too much of a political tone.

'I don't want to be a pawn': Fiancé of Raleigh mass shooting victim feels city-sponsored event was too politically charged

Rob Steele is the fiancé of the late Mary Marshall, one of the Raleigh mass shooting victims. Steele said he feels lied to and that Sunday's Raleigh Healing Together event carried too much of a political tone.

Chelsea Donovan, WRAL reporter

'Turbulent times' for state NAACP as civil rights group loses tax-exempt status

A big blow to the state's largest civil rights organization just months before the elections. The Internal Revenue Service revoked the tax-exempt status of the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The revocation took place earlier this year, but was only made public by the IRS this month.

WRAL Investigates

Records: NAACP North Carolina loses tax-exempt status

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in North Carolina has lost its tax-exempt status, according to a website that tracks those things.

Lifelong social justice advocate, former leader of NC NAACP has died

The son of Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, former president of the North Carolina NAACP, confirmed his death on Wednesday.

Former state NAACP president Rev. Anthony Spearman found dead

The son of Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, former president of the North Carolina NAACP, confirmed his death on Wednesday.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter

NAACP protests Supreme Court decision at UNC

Chapel Hill Carrboro NAACP is protesting across the street from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's campus against the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overrule Roe v. Wade, which gave women the right to have an abortion. **WARNING, signs people are holding may contain explicit language on them.**

US Supreme Court rules GOP can defend NC voter ID law in court

The North Carolina NAACP said it was disappointed with the decision. Republicans hope Thursday's ruling will move the state closer to requiring photo ID at the polls.

US Supreme Court rules GOP can defend NC voter ID law in court

The North Carolina NAACP said it was disappointed with the decision. Republicans hope Thursday's ruling will move the state closer to requiring photo ID at the polls.

Supreme Court says GOP can defend NC voter ID law in court

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that North Carolina Republicans could intervene in a legal challenge to 2018 voter ID law.

NC Supreme Court hears voter ID law challenge

The North Carolina NAACP argues Republican lawmakers should not have been allowed to initiate a process that resulted in voters supporting a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID at the polls.

NC Supreme Court hears voter ID law challenge

The North Carolina NAACP argues Republican lawmakers should not have been allowed to initiate a process that resulted in voters supporting a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID at the polls.

NC Supreme Court hears voter ID law challenge

The North Carolina NAACP argues Republican lawmakers should not have been allowed to initiate a process that resulted in voters supporting a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID at the polls.

NC Supreme Court hears voter ID law challenge

North Carolina Supreme Court justices are hearing oral arguments in a case brought by the state NAACP. The group argues a constitutional amendment voters supported in 2018 shouldn't have been allowed to take place.

NC Supreme Court hears voter ID law challenge

The North Carolina NAACP argues Republican lawmakers should not have been allowed to initiate a process that resulted in voters supporting a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID at the polls.

By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, and Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

NC judge won't block new voting maps, delay primaries

The state's new legislative and congressional district maps have survived the first of three legal challenges.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Editorial: Obey the judge. Fund our schools or lose in court

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 -- Rather than look for ways to build a top-quality public education system for all of North Carolina's children legislative leaders are engaged in a cynical strategy to enrage and divide. One way or another, Judge David Lee's order will bring a stop to that behavior.

Who should decide if an NC Supreme Court justice needs to step aside?

The state Supreme Court has a decision looming that could impact cases for years to come: Whether to force two of its members to recuse themselves.

NC Supreme Court weighs forced recusal as voter ID case looms

the decision could impact frequent lawsuits over laws passed by the state legislature.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

North Carolina NAACP elects first woman president

On Saturday, Deborah Maxwell was elected to the position at the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP biennial election. Maxwell is the first woman elected to the position in the state conference history.

Cory Dinkel, WRAL multiplatform producer