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Confederate Monument Removed after Years of Advocacy and Protest

Confederate Monument Removed after Years of Advocacy and Protest

by operations | Sep 10, 2025 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News

Late on the night of August 30, the Confederate monument that loomed over downtown Edenton for generations was finally taken down. The removal—quiet, unannounced, and carried out under cover of darkness—came only after nearly three years of relentless protest and...
Victory for Equal Protection in Tyrrell County

Victory for Equal Protection in Tyrrell County

by operations | May 21, 2025 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News

In a ground-breaking win for Equal Protection, a U.S. district judge, James Denver III, ruled that Black residents of Tyrrell County may proceed with their lawsuit to remove the Confederate monument in front of their courthouse. The County tried to dismiss the...
The Fight to Remove Monuments to the Confederacy

The Fight to Remove Monuments to the Confederacy

by operations | Mar 12, 2025 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News

The fight to remove a racist Confederate monument—the one dedicated to “Our Faithful Slaves”—continues in Columbia (Tyrrell County), North Carolina. Emancipate NC represents a group of Black citizens demanding an end to this offensive government-sanctioned display. At...
We Sued Tyrrell County Over Racist Monument!

We Sued Tyrrell County Over Racist Monument!

by operations | May 29, 2024 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News

Emancipate NC filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of The Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County to remove the Confederate monument “in appreciation of our faithful slaves.” We argue that this racist government speech violates the Equal Protection Clause of the...
We Sued Tyrrell County Over Racist Monument!

TYRRELL RESIDENTS FILE FEDERAL RACIAL DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST TYRRELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

by Elizabeth Simpson | May 21, 2024 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News

Lawsuit asserts courthouse monument to “Faithful Slaves”—the only monument of its kind in the United States—amounts to unlawful and racially-discriminatory government speech CONTACT: Ian Mance – (828) 719-5755, ian@emancipatenc.orgJaelyn Miller – (910) 228-3741,...
Arguments at the NC Supreme Court Against the Vance Confederate Monument

Arguments at the NC Supreme Court Against the Vance Confederate Monument

by Holly Blackburn | Nov 8, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News

On November 1st, 2023, a group consisting of community members, former Vance Monument Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Miles and Dr. Oralene Simmons, local Vance family descendant Noel Nickle, Emancipate NC’s Community Lawyering...
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Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and was previously known as the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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