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THE CHRONICLE
Gov. Pat McCrory has
honored Forsyth County
Public Library Director
Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin for
her contribution to the
African-American experi
ence in North Carolina.
Hamlin is part of a
select group of North
Carolinians who will be
featured on the 2016
Heritage Calendar cele
brating the African
American experience in
North Carolina.
Selections for the 2016
calendar were chosen from
those who have excelled in
many fields, including edu
cation, law, community
service, philanthropy, liter- '
ature, science, engineering,
the performing arts, space
exploration and sports.
Sprinkle-Hamlin is fea
tured in the month of
October.
McCrory held a cere
mony that included
Vanessa Harrison, presi
dent of AT&Ts North
Carolina operations; June
Atkinson, superintendent
of the North Carolina
Department of Public
Instruction; state Sen. Dan
Blue; and former ACC bas
ketball and tennis All
American John Lucas.
Hamlin
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Photo by Todd Luck
Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi is king of the Nigerian
city of Ikorodu.
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Kwame Nkrumah, an
African native who attend
ed Lincoln University in
Pennsylvania and became
the first president of the
newly independent country
of Ghana in 1960.
"One of the most traded
things in the world histori
cally has always been
ideas," said Pope.
Pope said that while
African countries often
have all the human and nat
ural resources of other
more industrialized
nations, the legacy of colo
nialism and multinational
exploitation continues to
cause many of them to
struggle with issues involv
ing poverty, infrastructure
and economic inequality.
Keith Grandberry, who
also helped plan Shotobi's
trip, regularly works to
connect investors with
African countries to try to
alleviate those issues as
part of Helping Hand
Worldwide.
"There's a lot of pover
ty in Africa, but also there's
a lot of opportunity in
Africa," said Grandberry,
the former Winston-Salem
Urban League president.
Nigeria has a lot going
for it. It's referred to as the
"Giant of Africa," with a
population of 174 million
people, making it the most
populous country in Africa
and seventh most populous
in the world. It's viewed as
a multinational state, with
over 500 ethnic groups.
More than 500 languages
are spoken in the country,
but English is the official
language. It's the largest
economy in Africa and
20th largest in the world.
Nigeria made interna
tional headlines in recent
years for its fight against
the extremist group Boko
Haram, which operates in
the Northeast region of the
country. It was also the
first country to effectively
contain and eliminate the
2014 Ebola outbreak.
Chronicle File Photo
The Dr. Rev. William J. Barber II, president of the N.C. NAACP, speaks to the crowd in Winston-Salem this
summer as the N.C. NAACP vs. McCrory trial was going on.
ID
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requirement. The State
argued that the amendment
made the claim moot.
The amendment allows
voters who have a ~ reason
able impediment" to getting
an approved photo II} to
use other means of identifi
cation and fill out a form
that includes personal
information in order for the
person's vote to count.
Although they did
make modifications to the
law, the state failed to make
changes to other aspects of
the law that affect minority
voters.
The 2013 law cuts the
number of early voting
days, bans out-of-precinct
voting and same day regis
tration. It would also put an
end to pre-registration for
teens who are not old
enough to vote.
On Friday, Oct. 23,
U.S. District Court Judge
Thomas Schroeder told
both sides to prepare for a
trial early next year, likely
in January.
"We are pleased with
Judge Schroeder's decision
to deny the state's motion
to dismiss the photo ID
provision of the law," said
plaintiffs' Attorney Irving
Joyner. "We remain con
cerned about the abbreviat
ed timetable to prepare for
trial, a timetable that exists
solely because of the
gamesmanship of the North
Carolina General Assembly
who waited until the dawn
of trial to slightly amend its
discriminatory photo ID
requirement."
"North Carolina's voter
ID requirement remains an
undue and unlawful burden
on voters of color," Barber
said. "Yet Gov. McCrory
and the legislature continue
striving to suppress the
vote. Their desperate
attempt to mask the dis
crimination embedded in
this law by altering - yet
not removing - the photo
identification requirement
on the eve of our trial
shows that they knew it
would not withstand the
weight of constitutional
review. They wanted the
photo ID provision of the
law dismissed because they
don't want the court to
focus on their discriminato
ry intent to deny and
abridge African American
& Latino voters' right to
vote."
During his State of the
N.C. NAACP address dur
ing the 72nd annual
NAACP State convention
earlier this month. Barber
said the legislature has cho
sen to ignore the need of
the poor and the common
people.
Barber also encouraged
convention gatherers to
mobilize the Moral
Monday Movement across
the state, especially in dis
tricts of conservative state
legislators who oppose the
progressive agenda.
"We're going to put
together the most massive
get-out-to-vote effort ever
seen since the '60s," said
Barber. "The N.C. NAACP
and Forward Together
Movement will continue to
build coalitions for
progress."
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