It's A Tradition For Black Students From North Carolina Universities To March Together To Vote (Videos from 2016-2026)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases examples of YouTube videos of groups of Black students from various North Carolina universities marching to vote on-campus.

This pancocojams post also showcases examples of YouTube videos of Black students from various North Carolina universities marching to vote at the nearest polling place off campus because their on-campus polling place was closed to suppress the students' votes.

The content of this post is presented for historical and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who participated in these marches to voting polls. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/north-carolina-hbcu-students-march-to.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Black Students From Three Greensboro, North Carolina Universities March To Vote In The 2024 Midterm Election (information, videos & chants)."

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-history-of-we-ready-motivational.html for another related pancocojams post entitled "The History Of "We Ready" Motivational Sports Song & Protest Marches Song (information & videos)".

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS OF BLACK STUDENTS MARCHING TO VOTE ON-CAMPUS
These are examples of videos on this subject that can be found on YouTube.

This first video doesn't mean to imply that this was the earliest year that students from these universities marched to vote on campus.

The title of this post doesn't mean to imply that Black students were the only race/ethnicity of students who participated in these marches. 

These videos are given in chronological order with the oldest videos given first. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

SHOWCASE VIDEO #1 -Eagles March To The Polls

North Carolina Central University, Mar 11, 2016

Eagles are marching to the polls! Join us in voting to make sure your voice is heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ply2LdLF1qw
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Here are the words to a call & response chant that is heard in this video:
call- What do we do when we're under attack?
response- Stand up and fight back.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2- NCCU students march to the polls in North Carolina's 2020 primary election

Common Cause North Carolina,  Feb 28, 2020

Students at NC Central University in Durham participated in a March to the Polls event, walking together to an early voting site on their campus to cast a ballot in North Carolina's primary election. The event was organized by the NCCU Student Government Association, Common Cause North Carolina, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and Advance Carolina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3TYJJ8g40

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - NCCU students hold 'Soar to the Polls' early voting event

ABC11, Oct 27, 2022

North Carolina Central University students will be making their voices heard at the polls Thursday when they march to an early voting site on campus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TR3LjqvzQA

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4- NC A&T State University students march to the polls

FOX8 WGHP, Oct 17, 2024

NC A&T State University students march to the polls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CeX2Lt94_k
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Here's a quote from a Black female student who was interviewed in that video (time stamp: 1:05-1:21):

"It's important to have a convenient voting spot on campus for so many reasons. But for one, we have the largest HBCU in the entire nation. We have over 12,000 students that go here and giving them an opportunity to have easily accessible voting booths is especially important."

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS OF BLACK STUDENTS MARCHING TO VOTE OFF CAMPUS
This first video may not have been the first time that students from these universities marched off-campus to vote.

The title of this post doesn't mean to imply that Black students were the only race/ethnicity of students who participated in these marches. 

These videos are given in chronological order with the oldest videos given first. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

SHOWCASE VIDEO #1- North Carolina A&T Students March Two Miles To Vote After GOP Denies On Campus Early Voting Location



Roland S. Martin, Oct 30, 2018  #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BringTheFunk

Students from North Carolina A&T marched two miles to vote during their Soles to the Polls event on Saturday. 

Republicans in North Carolina removed the early voting location at the HBCU in a brazen attempt to suppress the students' votes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuOQVJV94Y

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - March to the Polls

WXII 12 News,  Oct 22, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxca5Ri6wTc
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This video documents how the march to the nearest polling place by students from North Carolina A&T, students from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and students from Bennett College  went viral.

This video shows clips of that march, including members of the marching band playing their instruments while they marched to the polls.

In this video a student also talked about a subsequent march to the polls by those university’s students for this 2026 national midterm election.

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Information About Historically Black Colleges And Universities & The Top Ten HBCUs based on enrollment in 2024

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents some general information about United States historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

This post also presents a list of the top ten HBCUs (based on enrollment in 2024).

The content of this post is presented for historical and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click the "HBCU Historically Black colleges and universities" tag below for links to a number of pancocojams posts on HBCUs.

Two of those posts are:
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/07/information-about-historical-black.html "Four Examples Of The Chant "I love My HBCU" (Historical Black Colleges & Universities)".

and https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/04/correcting-mistaken-belief-that-stomp.html  "Correcting The Mistaken Belief That Stomp & Shake Cheerleading Is Performed At Every Historically Black University (Part IV: comments from the discussion thread for a 2022 video of a cheer battle between TxSU vs PV University".

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INFORMATION ABOUT HBCUs
from AI Overview [result of my query in October 2026]

"Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the principal mission of serving African American students. Today, there are 107 recognized HBCUs across the country, producing significant shares of Black college and STEM graduates.

Overview and History 

• Definition: Colleges and universities founded prior to 1964 to provide education for Black Americans locked out of traditional segregated systems.

• Oldest Institution: Cheyney University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth.

• Land-Grant Impact: The Second Morrill Act of 1890 forced segregated states to build public Black land-grant institutions or grant admission. 

Key Statistics and Status

• Total Count: 107 accredited institutions (public and private).

• Impact: Represent roughly 3% of American colleges yet produce 20% of Black graduates and 25% of STEM graduates.

• Geographic Spread: Most are located in the American South, with Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia hosting the highest counts."

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THE TOP TEN HBCUs (based on enrollment)
from AI Overview
"Based on Fall 2024 total enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the largest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) overall include major four-year universities like North Carolina A&T State University and Howard University, as well as unique dual-designated community colleges.

Top 10 Largest HBCUs by Total Enrollment (Fall 2024) 

St. Philip's College (San Antonio, TX) – ~14,000+ students ( dual-designated as an HBCU and Hispanic-Serving Institution)*

North Carolina A&T State University (Greensboro, NC) – ~14,000 to 15,000+ students

Howard University (Washington, DC) – ~14,500–14,890 students

Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD) – ~11,559 students

Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX) – ~10,085 students

Florida A&M University (Tallahassee, FL) – ~9,313 students

North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC) – ~9,281 students

Texas Southern University (Houston, TX) – ~8,704 students

Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge, LA) – ~8,279 students

Alabama A&M University (Normal, AL) – ~7,295 students
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This AI Overview write-up gave https://historicallyblackcolleges.com/top-10-hbcus/ as the online source for this list:

 https://historicallyblackcolleges.com/top-10-hbcus/

That site includes brief information about popular majors and whether the university is public or private.

*It should be noted that online videos that I've happened upon disagree with that Texas university being listed as the #1 largest HBCU. Instead, North Carolina A&T is usually listed as the largest HBCU.

For instance, here's a quote from a BC A&T student in this 2024 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CeX2Lt94_k "NC A&T State University students march to the polls", published by FOX8 WGHP, Oct 17, 2024
[at 1:05 to 1:19]
"It's important to have a convenient voting spot on campus for so many reasons. But for one, we have the largest HBCU in the entire nation. We have over 12,000 students that go her and giving them an opportunity to have easy accessible voting booths is especially important."

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Also, here's a summary from https://youtube.com/shorts/lASzTbutYQ8?si=EK76HjHQnr8I7wSW "North Carolina college students march to the polls" published by CNN, Oct 17, 2026

"Video shows hundreds of students across North Carolina’s colleges and universities, including from the largest historically black university in the country, marching to the polls after local county officials removing polling stations located on their campuses earlier this year."
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This summary doesn't name "NC A&T" as the university that they are referencing. However, the other North Carolina colleges and universities whose students organized and participated in that march were UNCG (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) which isn't a HBCU and Bennett College, which is small women's only college that is a HBCU.

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The History Of "We Ready" Motivational Sports Song & Protest Marches Song (information & videos)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision- October 22, 2026

This pancocojams post presents the history of the motivational (hype) sports song "We Ready". That song has also been adopted as a motivational song for some protest marches in the United States. 

This post includes some videos of and lyrics for the hype song "We Ready".

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and motivational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Archie Eversole, the composer of this song. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. 

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THE HISTORY OF THE MOTIVATIONAL SONG "WE READY"
Source #1
from https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2023/01/27/how-did-archie-eversole-we-ready-become-massive-sports-anthem/10656295002 "Every fan knows 'We Ready.' How did the song become such a massive sports anthem?" by Victoria Hernadez, Jan 27, 2023

"Looking down from nosebleed seats, in a sea of orange and blue, the field looked tiny but the anticipation was huge. Players jumped up and down as chants of "Weeee readayyy, for y'all" filled the air.

It was a Denver Broncos game years ago, and that memory still elicits goosebumps. And that song — "We Ready" by Archie Eversole — has contributed to countless fans experiencing similar unforgettable moments.

"When that song is playing, you know what's about to happen next," Brandon London, a former NFL and Canadian football player, told USA TODAY Sports. "And whether you're a fan or whether you’re an athlete, coach, doesn't matter. You know what's about to go down."

NBC used the song to preview the NFL wild-card matchup between the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars, and it wouldn't be surprising to hear it ahead of this weekend's AFC and NFC championship games.

But who is Archie Eversole? And how did his song become one of the biggest sports anthems of all time? 

The story of 'We Ready'

Born Arthur Eversole, the Atlanta-based rapper released the song he would be remembered for at the age of 17. "We Ready," along with its remix featuring Bubba Sparxxx, was part of his first and only full-length album, "Ride Wit Me Dirty Style," released in 2002. 

"It was a major, massive hit, not only just in the nightclubs in the Atlanta area, but it became a national hit because of the aggressiveness," A.R. Shaw, journalist and author of "Trap History: Atlanta Culture and the Global Impact of Trap Music," told USA TODAY Sports. "It was one of those songs that inspired you to move."

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Twenty years later, Eversole was shot and killed in April of last year at the age of 37.

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His legacy lives through "We Ready," which gives to the world the same energy those close to Eversole said he effused throughout his life.

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"We Ready" was a derivative of Pastor Troy's 1999 single "No Mo Play in G.A.," which also used a chant of "We ready" and said people needed to respect the Peach State just like California or New York.

"It was the crunk era. Everybody wanted to get crunk," Baby D, who had Eversole and Pastor Troy on his own Atlanta hit, told USA TODAY Sports. "'Eastside vs. Westside.' It was like, we was all just representing where we was from."

Bem Joiner, a friend of Eversole's and founder of creative agency Atlanta Influences Everything, said "We Ready" uses a call-and-response musical pattern that's popular in the South, giving it a Gospel feel.

And Eversole's authenticity and energy on "We Ready" helped it transcend the hip-hop scene, according to Shaw.

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That quality translate well as an ambassador to Atlanta United FC, which made its MLS debut in 2017. Atlanta United fans adopted "We Ready" as an unofficial anthem."...

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Source #2
from AI Overview
"The most famous song titled "We Ready" is by hip-hop artist Archie Eversole, released in 2002 on his album Ride Wit Me Dirty South Style. Its iconic hook—“We ready, we ready, we ready for y'all”—is a massive stadium and hype anthem, particularly in football culture.

"We Ready" Chorus Lyrics

We ready, we ready, we ready for y'all

We ready, we ready, we ready for y'all

We ready, we ready, we ready for y'all

We ready, we ready, we ready for y'all 

Key Song Details 

• Artist: Archie Eversole (featuring appearances/mentions of Pastor Troy and Bubba Sparxxx-affiliated production elements)

• Release Year: 2002

• Album: Ride Wit Me Dirty South Style

• Legacy: Widely adopted as a hype and entrance song by college and professional football teams, most notably the Atlanta Falcons and various Clemson Tigers teams."

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS OF EXAMPLES OF THIS SONG 

SHOWCASE VIDEO #1- Archie Eversole - We Ready (Official Music Video) ft. Bubba Sparxxx

ArchieEversoleVEVO, Dec 24, 2009  #WeReady #ArchieEversole #BubbaSparxxx

Official music video for "We Ready" performed by Archie Eversole and Bubba Sparxxx.

Music video by Archie Eversole performing We Ready. (C) 2002 Geffen Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElFDlShmOng

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2-WE READY - High School Football Chant



Matthew Romero, Nov 23, 2016

A high school football team chants we ready to get hyped before a game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaZ4GHJJzqY
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The lyrics for that football hype (motivation) song are:
"We ready, we ready, we ready
for y'all."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3- NC A&T, Bennett College students march to the polls for primary election

Common Cause North Carolina, May 6, 2022

Students from NC A&T State University and Bennett College marched to the polls together in Greensboro to vote early in North Carolina's primary election
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A rendition of "We Ready" is given at 1:10-1:18 in this video.

The lyrics of that song are sung in unison:
"We ready, we ready, we ready to vote."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzxcqywBkc4


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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - NC A&T and UNCG march to the polls 

North Carolina Democratic Party, October 19, 2026

Students from UNCG and NC A&T marched from their campuses to their shared early voting location—30 mins from UNCG and 40 mins from A&T.

Moving polling places won’t stop us from voting Republicans out of office.

https://youtube.com/shorts/S28f9F1VJpk?si=JDDroQmuPoTuOwpM
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This rendition of "We Ready" was sung in the beginning of that YouTube video of the North Carolina HBCU students marching to the 2026 midterm polls.

Unlike the version given in Showcase video #3 in this pancocojams post, this rendition of "We Ready" has a call & response format.

Lyrics:  
caller- Everybody say [The caller then sings along with the group]
group/response- We ready
We ready
to vote.*
caller -Say what? Say what?
group/response - We ready
We ready
to vote*
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*I couldn't decipher the last two words of this song in this video. However, the words "to vote" fits the context of this march. Also, the words "to vote" are clearly heard in this video given as #3 in this pancocojams compilation which implies that the same words were probably chanted in this video.

The rendition of the "We Ready" song includes motivational words that a Black male student spoke while he marched. While he said those words, the other students behind him marched silently. 
"Today we are walking to the polls to tell other students that their voice matters and to tell the people in DC and the people in Raleigh that we will not allow them to bully us into not voting. That we are here. It is our turn to lead And we got it".

In the video's caption, this student was identified as "Leyton Maluka, March organizer and President of UNCG Democrats". 
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For a closely related pancocojams post, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/north-carolina-hbcu-students-march-to.html for the 2026 pancocojams post entitled "Black Students From Three Greensboro, North Carolina Universities March To Vote In The 2024 Midterm Election  (information, videos & chants)"

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Black Students From Three Greensboro, North Carolina Universities March To Vote In The 2024 Midterm Election (information, videos & chants)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision- October 22, 2026

This pancocojams post showcases some YouTube videos of some Black students from North Carolina Universities* who marched 45 minutes on October 17, 2026 to cast their ballots in the 2024 United States national midterm election. This march was in response to their failed efforts to get the county to restore their voting sites on their campuses.  

This pancocojams post also documents the words to a few protest chants that I could decipher those North Carolina university students vocalizing. 

The Addendum of this post presents some information about one of those chants: "Shut it down!"  

The content of this post is presented for historical and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all the students who participated in this march to the polls. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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*The university students that marched to the national midterm polls October 29, 2026 were from North Carolina A&T (a historically Black College & University), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (a public state university), and Bennett College, a private, liberal arts college for women. Bennet college is also a HBCU.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-history-of-we-ready-motivational.html for the closely related pancocojams post on the motivational song "We Ready" that I heard being sung insome of these North Carolina students while they marched to that midterm polling site.

(Watch Video #2 in this pancocojams post).

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PART I: SHOWCASE VIDEOS 

These videos are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

SHOWCASE VIDEO #1- North Carolina college students march to the polls

CNN, Oct 17, 2026

Video shows hundreds of students across North Carolina’s colleges and universities, including from the largest historically black university in the country, marching to the polls after local county officials removing polling stations located on their campuses earlier this year.

 https://youtube.com/shorts/lASzTbutYQ8?si=Dura0P1FqMOlasT9

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 -  NC A&T and UNCG march to the polls 



https://youtube.com/shorts/S28f9F1VJpk?si=umtPEKnDaVw9Wb6P
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North Carolina A&T University is a historically Black College & University (HBCU) . That university is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Its students are colloquially known as "the Aggies". 

"UNCG" is "University of North Carolina at Greensboro". That university isn't a HBCU.
 
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3- Students march to polls after Republicans shut down campus sites [portion of the “No Lie” podcast]

Brian Tyler Cohen News, Oct 19, 2026  Breaking News

Breaking: Students march to polls after Republicans shut down campus sites.
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The portion of that podcast that refers to these students is from .01 to 5:20.   
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Here's the complete reprint of this portion of that podcast' automatic transcript (with my corrections of the abbreviations for those universities).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuFvG5dMCgY

"If you watch one video today, it should be this. This is what it looks like when the Republicans effort to suppress voting backfires.

Those are students from North Carolina A&T, that's an HBCU. in Greensboro walking back to campus after casting their ballots on the first day of early voting in North Carolina.

And the only reason they were on that march is that Republicans on the local and state election boards decided those students didn't get a polling place on their own campuses anymore. So here's what happened.

A&T along with UNC [University of North Carolina] - Greensboro both had early voting sites on campus in 2024. But for this year's midterms, 2026, the Guilford County Board of Elections, which has a Republican majority, decided to approve an early voting plan with no sight at either college campus. The Republican controlled state board of elections voted 3 to2 along party lines back in January to deny A&T a voting site and then denied the campus again in August.

And students, for their part, they spent months fighting against it. They packed state board meetings in Raleigh. They protested. And yet, despite all of that, of course, they were denied. So, in spite of the effort to make it more difficult for these students to cast ballots, instead hundreds of A&T,  UNC-Greensboro, and Bennett College students marched for about 45 minutes in 85° degree heat to the nearest early voting site at Union Square and then 45 minutes back. It was reported that more than 300 votes were cast at that site that day. And that one organizer said that some students waited 3 hours to vote.

And I get that there are going to be people who say, "Look how great it is that that these students overcame those those obstacles and were still able to make their voices heard."

And that's true. But at the same point, how bleak is it that what Republicans are doing right now is creating three-hour waits for the right to vote all on purpose by the people who run the election?

Now, interestingly, when state board members were asked to explain their decision, they cited a bunch of excuses. They talked about proximity to the polls, parking, administrative concerns. One member at the January meeting asked in effect whether people could just park on campus without a pass. Would that pose an issue?

But here's the problem with that explanation: When this came up for Western Carolina University, that's another campus site uh on the chopping block. A county board member told the state board that closing it wouldn't save any money and would quote create barriers to voting for young rural residents.

So that's what this is. This wasn't a budget fight. It's not a parking problem. This is about making sure that likely Democratic voters would have a tougher time while likely Republican voters wouldn't.

And let's be clear, this is a pattern. Last month, we covered Tarant County, Texas, where Republican commissioners voted 3 to2 to shut down 92 polling places ahead of the midterms. So same playbook, different state. Their goal is to make the polling place harder to reach and hope that enough people just give up. Why? Because they can't win on the merits. And so instead, they're doing what they always do, which is pivoting to just preventing people from being able to cast their ballots outright.

But here's the tragic irony. As far as the Republicans are concerned, their efforts to suppress the vote are very clearly backfiring. On the first day of early voting in North Carolina, more than 201,000 people voted in person. That's according to the state board of elections. in 2022. So the last midterm cycle, that number was 137,000. So this is a 47% jump from one midterm cycle to the next. Registered Democrats outvoted registered Republicans by nearly 28 points. In 2024, that advantage for for Democrats was two points. So this is a massive swing to the left. Registered Republican turnout was actually down from 2022. And 94 of the state's 100 counties saw higher first day turnout than 4 years ago.

Now, it's worth noting that this march that we're talking about here obviously wasn't solely responsible for the huge numbers considering early voting was up everywhere across the state. But here's what the numbers do tell you. The students who were supposed to give up and stay home didn't. They walked and they made their way to the polls and they cast their ballots and they made their voices heard. And that's the bottom line here. A county board in Greensboro looked at a campus full of young voters, mostly black of course, and decided to make voting harder for them. And those students answered by showing up in even greater numbers, on foot in the heat to a site that was an hour away. The people who built those barriers are still betting that voters are going to quit. But these students just showed the entire country that they won't.

If Republicans want to win over voters in North Carolina, they've got an option that doesn't involve a long walk. They can just try winning those students over. But until then, expect the marches to keep getting bigger."

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PART II- PROTEST CHANTS THAT ARE HEARD IN THESE VIDEOS

Pancocojams Editor's Notes:
Some of the words to these chants are difficult to decipher. Please add and correct my attempt to document the words to these chants in the comment section to this post. Thanks! 

Description: All of these chants appear to have a call/response format.

Here are the chants that I heard and could decipher in these showcase videos and in other online videos that I watched of that march

(given in alphabetical order) 


call: "No justice!"
response: "No peace!"

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call - [indecipherable]

response- "Shut it down!"

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call- This is what democracy looks like
response- This is what democracy looks like
[repeat both lines]

caller then scats percussive sounds -bah bah bah bah bah bah
 
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[a portion of a call and response chant] 

call: "What do we want it?"
response -[indecipherable]
call- "when do we want it?"
response - "Now!"
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Other online reports about these North Carolina HBCU students marching and their chants:
from https://www.facebook.com/amy.siskind/videos/on-thursday-north-carolina-at-students-marched-an-hour-each-way-to-vote-on-the-f/3052139098451870/ "North Carolina A&T Students March to Vote After Polling"

 Facebook · Amy Siskind, October 17, 2026

"Protesters are heard chanting 'Shut it down! Black Lives Matter!' and 'No justice, no peace!'"

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From YouTube video short https://youtube.com/shorts/lASzTbutYQ8?si=EK76HjHQnr8I7wSW

North Carolina college students march to the polls
published by CNN, Oct 17, 2026

Video shows hundreds of students across North Carolina’s colleges and universities, including from the largest historically black university in the country, marching to the polls after local county officials removing polling stations located on their campuses earlier this year.

[unison chant]

"We're loud
We're here
We'll make our voices clear."
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The students in that march were also chanting what I think is a version of the "I Love My HBCU" song. It was mostly indecipherable, but I think that I heard them sing something like 

"I like my A in front of my G". 

If what I heard was that, they were singing that song to spell "Aggie", the nickname for those who attend North Carolina A&T (Agriculture & Technology) university.
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From https://youtube.com/shorts/qUR2un0Bmgk?si=fWAdLwn6ytHijV9l NC HBCU Students March 45 MINUTES to Vote! published by Lamont Tyson, Oct 17, 2026  

This quote is given after the title to this video about that North Carolina HBCU student march to the polls may have been a chant that those students said: 
"You can move our polling site but you can’t stop our vote!”

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ADDENDUM- SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE "SHUT IT DOWN" PROTEST CHANT

AI Overview
"The "Shut it down" chant is a popular, direct protest slogan used across labor strikes, civil rights demonstrations, and political movements to demand an immediate halt to operations, unfair conditions, or systemic injustice.

Meaning and Purpose

Direct Action: The phrase serves as a call to halt business-as-usual operations, symbolizing the disruptive power of organized workers or citizens.

Escalation: It is often used as a response line in call-and-response chants when negotiations fail or urgency needs to be emphasized (e.g., "And if we don't get it... Shut it down!").

[…]

WGA Contract 2023

https://www.wgacontract2023.org › strike › strike-chants-...

And if we don't get it (SHUT IT DOWN) If we don't get it (SHUT IT DOWN) Ain't no power Like the power of the union 'Cuz the power of the union don't stop Hey ..."
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The earliest date for an example of the "Shut it down!" protest chant that AI Overview cited in that write-up was from 2021. However, that protest chant could have been used before that date.

The words in that protest chant that begin with "Ain't no" are patterned after lyrics that have been re-worked countless times in Hip Hop and elsewhere. Based on online sources such as https://www.quora.com/Who-was-the-first-person-to-use-the-phrasing-There-aint-no-party-like-an-X-party  Tupac's 1994 record lyrics “Ain’t no party like a thug life party”... were the first Hip Hop use of that phrasing, but Coolio's 1996 record "1,2,3,4 (Sumptin New)" ["Ain't no party like a west coast party cause a west coast party don't stop"] was the first popular use of that saying.

Those lyrics have been reworked countless times using that same pattern." 

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