CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - People interested in the future of a center founded by a prominent civil rights attorney to help the poor and disenfranchised will have a chance to speak during a hearing in Chapel Hill.
The University of North Carolina is holding a public comment session Thursday about a proposal to strip the UNC Center for Civil Rights of its ability to file lawsuits. Civil rights attorney Julius Chambers founded the center in 2001.
The center is the latest to come under the scrutiny of conservatives on the Board of Governors, who previously led an effort that closed UNC’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
Although registration to speak closed Friday, the school is still accepting written comments.
The hearing will be held at the Center for School Leadership Development in Chapel Hill.
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