Public theologian the Rev. Gregory Drumwright will deliver the Fall 2023 Michael Lester Wendt Character Lecture, “Joseph, Jesus, Justice and George: How I Avoided a Life of Crime and Still
Rev. Drumwright was arrested for disorderly conduct and failing to leave a demonstration when instructed in October 2020. Drumwright was acquitted in February.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a June 2021 order to release unredacted police body camera footage from the Oct. 31, 2020, “I Am Change” march to the polls in Graham that ended in the use of pepper spray and 23 arrests. The vote was 2-1.