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.
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Conference strategizes tearing down statues, walls
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.
UEW Union Welcomes Takiyah Thompson for Community Panel on Fighting White Supremacy
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… Continue reading UEW Union Welcomes Takiyah Thompson for Community Panel on Fighting White Supremacy
Takiyah Thompson charged in removal of Confederate statue in Durham
The local Sheriff in Durham announced on Monday that the department would be seeking charges against the protestors who tore down a Confederate statue over the weekend. Just a day later, a young Black woman has been charged.