Rev. Dr. William Barber II is a Protestant minister and the current North Carolina NAACP chapter head. He wears a silver cross ring that doubles as a wedding ring on his left hand and a Masonic ring on his right. Barber is a 33rd Degree Mason, an honorary degree conferred to those most active and involved in Freemasonry. Photo by Sara Lewkowicz/VICE News
Sandra Beatty, 51, holds Jhournee, seven months, one of her seven grandchildren. Diabetes has rendered Sandra legally blind and a double amputee. She is a witness for the plaintiffs in the North Carolina Voting Rights trial of 2015. Photo by Sara Lewkowicz/VICE News
Rosanell Eaton, 94, is a plaintiff in an upcoming legal challenge to the voter ID provision in North Carolina's voting law. Photo by Sara Lewkowicz/VICE News
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