Greg Drumwright

A memorial has been set up surrounding the home of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, NC. Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black man, was shot five times, including once in the back of the head, when Pasquotank County deputies tried to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants at his home April 21. (Kate Medley / WUNC)

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PHOTOS: Mourners Remember and Honor Andrew Brown Jr. In Elizabeth City

WUNC News

A rally and march on Sunday marked the 12th day of protests in Elizabeth City over the shooting of a Black man by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies. Photographers Kate Medley and Peyton Sickles captured images from the day for WUNC.

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NC Journalists File Emergency Appeal To Get Court Access

Associated Press

Three newspapers have asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to order courts in a county where rally-goers were pepper sprayed and arrested to stop…

A man wearing a mask at an Election Day rally at the Graham Civic Center polling site in Graham, N.C.

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Lawsuits Filed After Police Use Pepper Spray At North Carolina March To The Polls

Emma Peaslee

Two lawsuits prepared by civil rights groups on behalf of marchers in last weekend's rally in Alamance County allege voter intimidation by law enforcement.

Protesters in downtown Graham on July 12, 2020. Among other demands, they wanted the Confederate monument in front of the courthouse removed.

Race & Demographics

Activists See Shades Of 1870 Lynching In Alamance Today

Naomi P. Brown

Protesters are drenched with sweat as they make the mile-and-a-half walk from Burlington to Graham on a hot July day.These Black Lives Matter protesters…

Race & Demographics

Rev. Greg Drumwright Calls For Change In Graham, NASCAR

Mitchell Northam

Greg Drumwright has spent most of his life in North Carolina’s Triad region. He was raised in Burlington, attended college at North Carolina A&T and then…