Rev. Mark H. Creech By April 30, 2021 When North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper gave his State of the State speech to a joint session of the General Assembly on Monday, April 26, it was a historic evening. But what was historical about it was never highlighted by Cooper not a word in his speech. Senate President "Gov. Cooper delivered his State of the State speech tonight. "An indication of how far North Carolina has come is Mark Robinson, our State's first black Lt. Governor, presiding over tonight's event. "And an indication of how far the North Carolina Democratic Party has to go is the Democratic Governor's failure to recognize Lt. Gov. Robinson during his speech."