elizabeth city as a silent observer to the challenge of this student to be able to run for office here. what was she there to see? she was not there to help. the local republican party chairman knows how to make these challenges. he s been doing it for years. he doesn t need any help from anybody. she s not there to help. she s there to learn? she there to see how this is done? how this might be done in the rest of the state? because this is what she saw that day. acrosses north carolina, republicans have just gained control of all the boards of elections for the first time in 20 years. big state elections board, county boards, republican control all of them because there s a republican who holds the governorship. the new republican majority in the local board here in this case didn t question whether montravius king lived at school for four years. that was not the issue. what they questioned was whether living at school is enough to make you a resident and they said it is not. and in
how about your friends in the limo, did they all end up there, too? they went to other places. she had the most leverage with you? yeah, she did. elizabeth city started the teacher s college? it started in 1881, this guy who was the first black legislator, first black county commissioner, he went on to found the school. and now, it is as a historically black school, it is mostly african-american, but it is diverse, right? that is right. it is mostly african-american, but it is every year, it gets more and more diverse. when you drive to elizabeth city from the nearest airport in norfolk, virginia, you drive past the place i would put up against any other place i know, forget badlands, when you drive from norfolk and you cross the state line from virginia into north carolina down to elizabeth city, you go through dismal swamp, dismal swamp, the great
getting this much better, this faster, that s not good for the republican party. they count on low turnout elections to lock up their gains. voter turnout getting that good that fast, that is not good. the most potent part is the minority vote in the state. problem is young people, too. really, really the most potent part of that problem is the minority vote for republicans. so the last two days of the legislative session in north carolina this year were devoted to a complete overhaul of voting rights in the state. and that is why we are here. that is why we are here in beautiful elizabeth city, north carolina, right now. the gateway to the outer banks. tucked up into the northeastern corner of the state. because here it is clear as day, here it is starting in some ways, and here it is a tale of two schools. i spent most of the day today at elizabeth city state university where they have 2,500 students, give or take. elizabeth city state is a historically black college. it s still most
and sure enough, i ended up going to elizabeth city state university. and i m really glad i made that decision. how about your friends in the limo, did they all end up there, too? they went to other places. she had the most leverage with you? yeah, she did. elizabeth city started the teacher s college? it started in 1881, this guy who was the first black legislator, first black county commissioner, he went on to found the school. and now, it is as a historically black school, it is mostly african-american, but it is diverse, right? that is right. it is mostly african-american, but it is every year, it gets more and more diverse. when you drive to elizabeth city from the nearest airport in norfolk, virginia, you drive past the place i would put up against any other place i know, forget badlands, when you drive from norfolk and you cross the state line from virginia into north carolina down to elizabeth city, you go through dismal swamp, dismal swamp, the great park
legislator, first black county commissioner, he went on to found the school. and now, it is as a historically black school, it is mostly african-american, but it is diverse, right? that is right. it is mostly african-american, but it is every year, it gets more and more diverse. when you drive to elizabeth city from the nearest airport in norfolk, virginia, you drive past the place i would put up against any other place i know, forget badlands, when you drive from norfolk and you cross the state line from virginia into north carolina down to elizabeth city, you go through dismal swamp, dismal swamp, the great park, it was dug by slaves, terrible conditions, they finished it. it was opened by 1805.