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ACLU Applauds Passing of LGBTQ Protections Post-HB 2

This week,  Hillsborough, Carrboro, and Chapel-Hill became the first municipalities to pass LGBTQ protection ordinances after the expiration of a state ban prohibiting local governments from enacting anti-discrimination policies.
Issue Areas: LGBTQIA+ Equality

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Protesters on Eve of the Election

Police violence in Graham, N.C., over the weekend cited as a violation of constitutional rights and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871