CONCORD, N.C. — Duke basketball player Wendell Moore Jr. said he had one primary goal regarding the protest against systemic racism he organized and led Saturday afternoon — to “bring the noise.”Moore, 18, is well-known in the Concord area for leading Cox Mill to two North Carolina state basketball championships in high school. Inspired by the “Black Lives Matter” movement, Moore attended two protests in the Charlotte area over the past two weeks.Afterward, he wondered aloud to his girlfriend, 19-year-old UNC Charlotte student Marissa Moyer, why similar events in Concord were rare.“Why don’t y…
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Scott Fowler: ‘What can I do to use my platform?’ Duke’s Wendell Moore finds answers in protest
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