NAACP of North Carolina's Rev. William Barber III at a Moral Mondays gathering in Asheville. Photo Credit: Will Thomas, via Flickr. Licensed Creative Commons.
NAACP of North Carolina's Rev. William Barber III at a Moral Mondays gathering in Asheville. Photo Credit: Will Thomas, via Flickr. Licensed Creative Commons.
NAACP of North Carolina’s Rev. William Barber III at a Moral Mondays gathering in Asheville. Photo Credit: Will Thomas, via Flickr. Licensed Creative Commons.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Leaders of a protest movement that led to nearly 1,000 arrests at the General Assembly last year announced Wednesday that they will hold their first rally of the 2014 legislative session next Monday.

Led by the NAACP, the “Moral Monday” movement tapped an undercurrent of dissatisfaction with the Republican-led General Assembly. Riffing on Gov. Pat McCrory’s theme of a “Carolina comeback” to describe his economic policies, state NAACP president Rev. William Barber said during a Wednesday news conference that the priorities of McCrory and the Republican legislative leadership continue to produce a “Carolina setback” and need to be changed.

According to a letter Barber sent to the governor and lawmakers, protesters plan to hold “a love feast” similar to a Passover seder to symbolize how they are working together to defeat the injustices they see. Legislators and McCrory were invited to participate in the meal.

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Laura Leslie is the WRAL's Capitol Bureau Chief. Content from WRAL's N.C. State Capitol Bureau news coverage republished with permission. Learn more at http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/

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