The Wake County school board majority was essentially equated by diversity policy supporters to be demon possessed at this evening's prayer vigil at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh.

The Rev. Earl Johnson, pastor of Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh, asked the dozen clergy members in the audience to set aside one Sunday service in September for prayer. He urged them to pray for schools,  diversity in schools, student achievement and...

"Pray that this demonic presence that is trying to take over the school system will not prevail," Johnson said.

Critics of the new Wake County school board majority and their plan to end the diversity policy just hate John Tedesco.

As noted in today's article by Lynn Bonner, Tedesco's name was invoked by protesters at Saturday's 4th annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street rally organized by the state NAACP. Fears about resegregation caused by neighborhood schools was a major theme of the rally.

“Hey-hey, ho-ho, John Tedesco’s got to go,” some shouted, as Duke University historian Tim Tyson led marchers in a chant aimed at Tedesco.