Contact the Task Force

In response to protests for racial justice sparked by George Floyd’s murder, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper created the N.C. Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice. The task force, led by Attorney General Josh Stein and N.C. Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, the task force has committed to soliciting public feedback and recommending changes to the state’s criminal punishment system. Please Contact the task force and ask them to recommend the repeal of the North Carolina death penalty, in light of its deep entanglement with white supremacy.

Racist Roots is a project of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, in collaboration with scholars, advocates, historians, artists, poets and people directly affected by the death penalty. It aims to place North Carolina’s modern death penalty within the context of 400 years of history and to expose its deep entanglement with the aims of white supremacy. This project is the result of more than a year of research, writing, and relationship building. Read about our sources. This project would not be possible without the generous support of many individuals and foundations.

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