NC NAACP head arrested before school board meeting
By Mike Baker
Associated Press Writer / July 20, 2010
Associated Press Writer / July 20, 2010
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RALEIGH, N.C.—The head of North Carolina's NAACP chapter was arrested Tuesday as advocates prepared to confront a county school board that voted to eliminate a busing policy focused on diversity.
The Rev. William Barber, who was banned from the gathering after a trespassing arrest at a board meeting last month, was again taken into custody along with others at the Wake County Schools administration building in Raleigh.
The NAACP led a rally earlier Tuesday with about 1,000 protesters marching through North Carolina's capital. Barber encouraged the crowd to attend the meeting, where Raleigh police set up a mobile command center with roughly two dozen officers.
Barber prayed with supporters before police stopped him from approaching the
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