Mikisa Thompson held a news conference Monday to explain what she says is harassment by the Garner Police Department. However, police say they just want mediation between Thompson and her neighbor.
Durham, N.C. — DeAndre Marquise Ballard, a 23-year-old North Carolina Central University student scheduled to graduate in May, went missing on the night of Sept. 17.
Durham, N.C. — Energized by the fall of the Silent Sam statue in neighboring Chapel Hill, N.C., just days before, activists and community members representing a wide spectrum of progressive interests gathered on Aug. 25 at the historic Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, N.C., for “How to Topple a Statue, How to Tear Down a Wall,” a conference and celebration marking one year since one of Durham’s own Confederate monuments was brought to the ground.
Takiyah Thompson, a student at North Carolina Central University, spoke to over 70 people on Feb. 3, 2018 at the United Electrical Workers hall in Chicago about resistance to white supremacy and toppling its monuments. Thompson participated on a panel with Inez White from (second from right), Maria from BLM (far right) and Dani Boachie…