Standing on a hill near the Vass bridge where an antisemitic banner was dropped in December, Barbara Rothbeind, president of the Sandhills Jewish Congregation, said the community cannot let its
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Herman Thompson, a trail-blazing Southern Pines lawyer who received advice from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a young Civil Rights organizer, has died. He was 91.
As public school systems around North Carolina have designated pandemic relief funding for teacher and staff bonuses, Moore County Schools employees are asking the district to follow suit.
Chants of âWe fight. We winâ echoed around Southern Pines as a crowd of more than 75 people marched through Southern Pines Saturday holding signs to bring awareness to several pieces of legislation to restore votersâ rights.
The Moore County NAACP and the Transformative Justice Coalition hosted a âvotercadeâ from the old Southern Pines Primary School building that led to teach-ins at Memorial Park in Southern Pines on the John Lewis Voting Rights Action Day.
The nationwide event was being held at more than 150 locations nationwide as the For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act that have been introduced in Congress. âHouse resolutions 1 and 4 are important steps in restoring and realizing John Lewisâ dream of a beloved community,â Moore County NAACP President OâLinda Watkins-McSurely said. âOver the past two years alone, weâre seeing politicians in every level of the government work tirelessly to suppress the vot