Press

February 24, 2023 - Forward Justice Letter to the Department of Justice on Raleigh County West Virginia Southern Regional Jail Conditions

February 9, 2023 - Forward Justice Statement on HB40

October 27, 2022 - North Carolina NAACP, Columbus County NAACP Renews Call for the U.S. Department of Justice to Intervene in Columbus County as Jody Greene Remains on the Ballot, Despite Resignation

October 17, 2022 - North Carolina NAACP Formally Requests the U.S. Department of Justice Intervene in Columbus County after Racist Rant from Sherif

July 15, 2021 - NC CopWatch Website Launch

January 7, 2020 - Capitol Hill Statement

June 3, 2020 - Forward Justice Statement of Solidarity

April 28, 2023- After 276 days of Freedom to the Ballot, New North Carolina Supreme Court Strips Voting Rights Away for Over 56,000 North Carolinians

April 26, 2022 - Newest Court Order in North Carolina’s Felony Disenfranchisement Case Puts Advocates One Step Closer to Restoring Voting Rights to People with Past Felony Convictions

March 29, 2022 - In a Historic Win for Voting Rights Advocates, North Carolina Superior Court Makes a Ruling Granting the Right to Vote to Over 56,000 North Carolinians

September 11, 2021 - North Carolina Supreme Court Confirms that Voters Who Registered from August 23 to September 3 who are on Felony-Based Community Supervision Must be Allowed to Vote

September 3, 2021 - Civil Rights Groups Prepare to take the Historic CSI V. Moore Voting Rights Case to the North Carolina Supreme Court in the Continued Fight for Democracy

August 10, 2021 - Trial Begins Monday in Civil Rights Groups’ Historic Lawsuit to Restore Voting Rights to Over 50,000 people and End Felony Disenfranchisement of North Carolinians on Community Supervision

September 4, 2020 - NC Court Grants Summary Judgment, finding that States’ Disenfranchisement Law Violates the State Constitution

May 11, 2020 - Civil Rights Groups File Summary Judgment Motion in Case to Restore Voting Rights to Nearly 60,000 North Carolinians Ahead of the November Election

November 20, 2019 - Community Success Initiative, Justice Served NC, INC., NC NAACP File Historic Rights Restoration Legal Challenge Seeking to Restore More than 70,000 North Carolinians to the Rolls

May 7, 2025 - Statement on Judge Jefferson Griffin Conceding NC Supreme Court Race

April 4, 2025 - NC Court of Appeals Order Threatens 60,000 Votes in Griffin Election Challenge

February 3, 2025 - Voting and Civil Rights Groups Urge Court to Protect NC Voters

November 21, 2023 - Hearing Held Today to Set Trial Date in NAACP NC’s Federal Challenge to NC’s Discriminatory Photo Voter ID Law 

June 9, 2023 - NAACP North Carolina Requests Action In its Federal Court Challenge to North Carolina's Discriminatory Photo Voter ID Law

November 20, 2022 -NC Lawsuit on Political Power Hampered By Lost Emails, Delayed By Procedure, Lawyers Say

November 3, 2022 - Reentry and Voting Rights Groups Request the NC State Board of Elections Issue Clear Guidance to the Public and Elections Officials to Combat Misinformation and Fear for Newly Re-enfranchised Voters 

August 19, 2022 - North Carolina Supreme Court rules that racially gerrymandered legislature does NOT have unlimited authority to change NC’s Constitution

June 23, 2022 - U.S. Supreme Court Allows North Carolina Legislators to Intervene in Federal Voter ID Case, Restarting the Fight to Protect Voting Rights Under the Federal Constitution and the Voting Rights Act

December 23, 2021 - North Carolina Supreme Court Issues Order Bringing Transparency to the Process Used to Assess Judicial Conflicts of Interest 

December 2, 2020 - Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Issues Ruling on Voter ID Injunction: Photo Voter ID Still Enjoined in NC

January 3, 2020 - Today Marks A Moment of Truth For the State of North Carolina: NC NAACP Stands Firm In Moral Fight Against All Voter Suppression in North Carolina

February 22, 2019 - Court Voids Two Constitutional Amendments

February 25, 2020 - Civil Rights Organizations Announce Settlement Agreement Securing at least 3,500 Early Releases from State Prisons in COVID-19 Lawsuit

December 4, 2020 - N.C. Court Appoints Special Master to Oversee Protections for People Incarcerated During the Pandemic

August 19, 2020 - Groups Call on Court to Enforce Protections for People Incarcerated During Pandemic

April 21, 2020 [OP-ED] The Moral — and legal — case for emptying NC prisons.

April 15, 2020 - Forward Justice Supports Durham DA Satana Deberry’s Efforts to Protect Incarcerated People From COVID-19

April 8, 2020 - Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Lawsuit to Demand State Officials Protect Incarcerated People From COVID-19

March 19, 2020 - Groups Urge Officials to Reduce and Protect Incarcerated Population Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak

May 15, 2025 - Community Intervenors Seek to Modify Court Order to Establish More Oversight, Accountability for Water System Management

March 21, 2024 - Important Milestone in Fight for Safe Drinking Water: Mississippi Poor People's Campaign and People's Advocacy Institute Granted Intervention in Federal Lawsuit