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  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 10, 2018
    Black Caucus Condemns White Nationalist Rally Planned for DC
    "The National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) denounces the Unite the Right 2 march that will be held in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, August 13," says NBCSL President Gregory Porter. Exactly one year after the first Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA, many of the same white-nationalist, paramilitary, and other right-wing groups are planning to come together for a second-anniversary rally in Washington, D.C. Read More
  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 10, 2018
    Anniversary of Charlottesville violence brings renewed call for hate crimes legislation in Indiana
    INDIANAPOLIS - State Rep. Gregory W. Porter (D-Indianapolis), who is also the president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, issued the following statement about the anniversary of the Charlottesville white supremacist violence and the need for hate crimes legislation Read More
 
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