The McArther Foundation just announced Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II as one of their 2018 Genius Grant recipients. Rev. Dr. Barber was named as one of 25 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship’s 2018 “Genius Grant” that was announced this week for his work, “building broad-based fus...
No Matter Who Wins, This Is What Needs to Be Done with Rev. Dr. William Barber II of the Poor People's Campaign: With William J. Barber II, Mark Thompson. No matter who wins the election, there are certain realities that will persist, and Rev. Dr. Willia
Rev. Dr. William Barber leads protestors into the North Carolina General Assembly to bear moral witness against policies passed by Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate Pro Tem Phil Berger and signed by Gov. Patrick McCrory. (Photo Credit: Phil Fonville) TheRev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president...
Half a century later, another African-American civil rights leader, the Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II of the Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, seeks to rekindle King’s antipoverty crusade. Rev. Barber, a fifty-four-year-old former ...
The Rev. Dr. William Barber II speaks to activists during the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly & March on June 29, 2024, in Washington. Jemal Countess/Getty Images CNN— The high price of bread and eggsdoomedher. Nope, it was rawracism and sexism. Well, maybe sheshould...