William J. Barber II
A healthcare worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Wake County Health Department workers along with nurses and volunteers from area hospitals distributed vaccines during the drive through appointment-only event. Since North Carolina began administering the vaccine in December, more than 1 million people have gotten their first doses. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina to offer reopened schools widespread testing

Mar. 04, 2021 06:15 PM EST

FILE - In this March 7, 1965, file photo, a state trooper swings a billy club at John Lewis, right foreground, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. The March 7, 2021, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee will be the first without the towering presence of Lewis, as well as the Rev. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C.T. Vivian and attorney Bruce Boynton, who all died in 2020. (AP Photo/File)
Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee to honor civil rights icons

By Kat Stafford Mar. 03, 2021 12:24 PM EST

Rally held outside Manchin's state office for $15 wage

Feb. 22, 2021 06:39 PM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Advocates for a $15 minimum wage rallied outside a West Virginia state office of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday, urging the moderate...

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., center, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right walk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, on the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Manchin, a moderate, urged not to compromise on a $15 wage

By Cuneyt Dil Feb. 18, 2021 04:12 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Biden campaigned on raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour and attached a proposal doing just that to the $1.9 trillion coronavirus pandemic relief bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden faces questions about commitment to minimum wage hike

By Will Weissert And Alexandra Jaffe Feb. 15, 2021 08:35 AM EST

President Joe Biden stands during a performance of the national anthem, during a virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Biden, Harris urged to 'repair the breach' in prayer service

By Elana Schor Jan. 21, 2021 01:55 PM EST

NC Rev. Barber holds major role at inauguration service

Jan. 21, 2021 04:19 AM EST
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina minister and civil rights leader holds a major role in the traditional prayer service held in conjunction with the...

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2021, file photo President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Biden's long political evolution leads to his biggest test

By Bill Barrow Jan. 17, 2021 03:17 PM EST

In this Nov. 3, 2020, photo, a man wearing a mask gathers with a group in support of Black Voters Matter at the Graham Civic Center polling site in Graham, N.C. Even as votes are still tallied, there's little dispute that Black voters were a driving national force pushing the former vice president to the winner’s column. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
'This is proof': Biden's win reveals power of Black voters

By Kat Stafford, Aaron Morrison And Angeliki Kastanis Nov. 09, 2020 04:28 PM EST

Yehudah Webster with the Frontline Poll Defenders group, left, greets Jewish Cantor Lisa B. Segal after she and a friend voted on Election Day at the Park Slope Armory YMCA in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Webster says it's important that faith leaders like himself are there to create "supportive and safe conditions for voters" as they have prepared to help de-escalate disruptive or intimidating tactics at the polls. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Faith leaders play election peacemakers, at polls and beyond

By Elana Schor, Luis Andres Henao And Jessie Wardarski Nov. 03, 2020 04:06 PM EST

Get-out-the-vote letter writer Nancy Gehman poses for a photo at her home on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gehman is one of 182,000 people who have participated in Vote Forward, a 50-state letter-writing campaign to more than 17.5 million homes. In the best of times, it’s a massive logistical challenge to get millions out to vote. In 2020, the difficulty has been dramatically compounded: by fear of the coronavirus, by complications and confusion over mail-in ballots, by palpable anxiety over the bitter divisions in the country. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Letters, texts, caravans, parades: Advocates mobilize voters

By Jocelyn Noveck And Claire Galofaro Oct. 29, 2020 12:41 AM EDT

Protesters gather for a rally outside the Federal Reserve in the Financial District, Monday, July 20, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Thousands across the country planned to walked off the job to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike

By Aaron Morrison Jul. 20, 2020 12:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2020, file photo, people demonstrate in Chicago, to mark Juneteenth. A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work July 20, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
AP Exclusive: 'Strike for Black Lives' to highlight racism

By Aaron Morrison Jul. 08, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2018, file photo, Mariah Kolka holds her daughter, Sophia, 1, outside her Linden, Tenn., home after meeting with advocates from an anti-poverty group, Save the Children. The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington aims to build upon the nation’s principles to pursue solutions to poverty — something advocates say is getting especially severe in rural areas. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
Poor People's Campaign eyes 'virtual march' in poverty fight

By Russell Contreras Jun. 18, 2020 01:09 AM EDT

People gather to listen to speakers, rap artists and music during a Caribbean-led Black Lives Matter rally at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, Sunday, June 14, 2020, in New York. Protests have continued since the May 25th death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
The Latest: Interfaith group holds vigil outside St. John’s

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2020 09:43 AM EDT

A woman holds a sign at a protest over the Memorial Day death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody in Minneapolis, in San Francisco, Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
`Death By Racism': Part of America's DNA from the start?

By Jerry Schwartz May. 30, 2020 04:52 PM EDT