Amy Goodman
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Rev. William Barber: The NAACP Will Boycott North Carolina over HB2 & Voter Suppression
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February 27, 2017
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11:54Now PlayingThe NAACP has announced it would not hold its convention in North Carolina and urged an international boycott of the state to protest North Carolina’s antitrans bathroom bill and a series of antidemocratic actions taken by the state’s Republican Legislature. The civil rights group described the move as the first step in an economic boycott that could be expanded in North Carolina and replicated in other states that enact laws limiting voting rights and protections for gay and transgender people. North Carolina’s House Bill 2, known as the "bathroom bill," bars transgender people from using the bathrooms that match their gender identity. The NAACP has also accused Republican legislators of committing voter suppression and racial gerrymandering. We are joined in Raleigh, North Carolina, by the Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP. He’s the author of "Third ReconstructionMoral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement."
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