this man.
As soon as the State of North Carolina went after voting rights after John Roberts court gutted the Voting Rights Act? He started protest.
"Beginning in April 2013, Barber led regular "Moral Mondays" civil-rights protests in North Carolina's state capital."
"On May 30, 2017, Barber was arrested after refusing to leave the North Carolina State Legislative Building during a protest over health care legislation. The following month, a state magistrate banned Barber and the other protesters from entering the Legislative Building. Barber and his lawyers contend that the ban is unconstitutional, because the state constitution guarantees citizens the right to assemble to communicate with their legislators."
"In May 2017, Barber announced he would step down from the state NAACP presidency to lead "a new 'Poor People's Campaign'", named Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival in honour of the original 1968 campaign founded by Martin Luther King Jr."
"In July 2021, Barber called for a "season of nonviolent direct action" to bring attention to threats to democracy in the U.S.. He was arrested alongside hundreds of others in Washington, D.C. on August 2nd in a peaceful protest for voting rights and higher wages.
Etc...
He is also one of the only members of the clergy I have heard call out the pro-life movement for what it is built on which is in his words and might as well be mine:
"A false theological construct"
I remember the day I heard him say that and I thought OMGoodness somebody is tellin the truth finally...
Anyway, love him, and would definitely like to meet him.
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