Thousands of people from across North Carolina are expected to “get on the bus" and join the march for justice this week. It comes after a rash of racial incidents.
RALEIGH -- Thousands of people from across North Carolina are expected to “get on the bus" and join the march for justice. The National Action Network is organizing a March on Washington after a rash of nooses has been found across the country.
Dewayne Broadney from the National Action Network said browsing Web sites on how to make nooses is all it takes for people to be influenced to act out hate crimes.
“I believe it's learned behavior. I believe the fathers have taught the sons, and I believe hate is taught in the homes," said Broadney.
Boadney said his first plan of action in putting an end to racial injustices is getting on a bus to march on Washington.
“We are looking for the federal government to become a part to stop these issues, these nooses that are going on in our country," added Broadney.
Boadney was not alone in his crusade for justice. He said thousands in the state and all across the world are fighting against the hanging of nooses and racial hate crimes.
“I believe when they see all the people gathered together -- black people, white people, Spanish people, Asian people -- that they see people are coming together with one like mind on this particular issue, I believe laws will change,” said James Williams, a March on Washington attendee.
Broadney said the March on Washington is also a fight against a more recent hate crime that has happened in Raleigh. North Carolina State University officials are still investigating how a noose made out of toilet paper was left dangling from a restroom stall door in a maintenance shop.
"This sort of act goes against everything N.C. State stands for,” said Keith Nichols, director of News and Communication at the University.
Broadney said he is ready to March on Washington to speak out against the behavior demonstrated at N.C. State and for hate crimes happening all across world.
“We need to learn to get along as a people, as human beings."
The March on Washington bus will leave on Friday, Nov. 16 at 5 a.m. There will be buses leaving from the Wal-Mart on Roxboro Road in Durham and New Bern Avenue in Raleigh. The cost is $65 per person.