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...
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,...
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...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News, Events
Join us in solidarity on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023, to support local and statewide efforts led by Emancipate NC, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to remove all Confederate monuments in North Carolina....
by Holly Blackburn | Sep 27, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
On September 8, 2023, Emancipate NC and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice supported the Move the Monument Coalition by sending a letter to the town of Edenton. The letter asks Edenton to ask the court for a hearing to address the relocation of the...
by operations | Aug 2, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
Community members in Tyrell County invited Jaelyn Miller to attend a county commission meeting in July to urge county commissioners to finally remove their offensive Confederate Monument dedicated to the memory of “faithful slaves.” Jaelyn warned the commission that...
