IN FINAL PUSH ON EVE OF DECISIVE 2024 ELECTION, REV. AL SHARPTON AND NAN TO MOBILIZE VOTERS IN NORTH CAROLINA

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Nov 05, 2024

Activation in the State Reflects Pushback to Explosive, Divisive Remarks from Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Robinson

New York, NY (November 3, 2024) – In the final day before the historic 2024 election, Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN) will engage Black voters in North Carolina to head to the polls this Tuesday, capping off a nationwide get out the vote tour. The Founder and President of NAN’s presence in the state comes as he’s been directly attacked by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson as he vies to become governor.

“Black Americans make up one-fifth of North Carolina’s population, which is why our community must make its powerful voice heard on Tuesday,” said Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of NAN. “Every electoral race from President down will decide what kind of nation we are going to live in. This election is not a question of who Black Americans stand for, but who’s standing up for them. NAN will travel Winston-Salem on Monday to remind everyone who can vote of that.”

Since September, Rev. Sharpton has traveled to targeted states with members of the Exonerated Central Park 5 – notably Korey Wise and NYC Council Member Yusef Salaam – as well as Terrence Floyd, the brother of George Floyd. In Philadelphia, Columbus, the Greater Detroit area, Las Vegas, and Baltimore, the civil rights leader has delivered a report on where both candidates stand on issues that most impact Black Americans. In several cities, Wise and Salaam, who also appeared alongside Rev. Sharpton at the Democratic National Convention this summer, discussed the impact of Donald Trump’s vitriolic attacks against them as they were wrongfully convicted as teens.

North Carolina is also home to one of the closest-watched gubernatorial races. Reporting in recent months have found a pattern of alarming remarks Robinson previously made. In on 15-year-old online post, the GOP nominee said police officers should have shot Rev. Sharpton and referred to himself as a “Black NAZI!” in another from that same era.

WHO
Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of NAN

WHERE + WHEN

First Stop – 9 a.m. ET
Clergy Breakfast – Union Baptist Church
1200 North Trade Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Second Stop – 11 a.m. ET
Get Out the Vote Rally – Union Baptist Church

1200 North Trade Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

About National Action Network (NAN)

National Action Network is one of the leading civil rights organizations in the Nation with chapters throughout the entire United States. Founded in 1991 by Reverend Al Sharpton, NAN works within the spirit and tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote a modern civil rights agenda that includes the fight for one standard of justice, decency, and equal opportunities for all people regardless of race, religion, nationality, or gender.

For more information go to www.nationalactionnetwork.net

(http://www.nationalactionnetwork.net/).

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