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What a new immigration enforcement law means for North Carolina

WUNC News reporter Aaron Sánchez-Guerra tells Jeff Tiberii about his latest reporting on a new immigration enforcement bill — Senate Bill 153, referred to as the "North Carolina Border Protection Act" — that became law after state Republicans’ override of Governor Josh Stein’s veto.

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra, Race, Class & Communities Reporter, WUNC News

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The voting rights legacy of Nancy Cherry Bazemore

A new North Carolina Highway Historical Marker commemorates the Bazemore v. Bertie County Board of Elections court case and honors the woman who made it happen.

Nancy Cherry Bazemore stood up against voter disenfranchisement and North Carolina’s voting literacy test in the early 1960s.

Leoneda Inge talks with the man behind the marker, and with a daughter and two granddaughters of Nancy Cherry Bazemore about Bazemore’s battle against voter suppression, how her court case shaped North Carolina voting history and how it resonates today.

State Representative Rodney Pierce (D-District 27), educator and the applicant for the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker commemorating the Bazemore v. Bertie County Board of Elections court case

Mrs. Alice Bazemore Clark, daughter of Nancy Cherry Bazemore

Dr. Inger Swimpson, granddaughter of Nancy Cherry Bazemore

Mrs. Erica Bazemore Williams, granddaughter of Nancy Cherry Bazemore