We forget that it was the religion of abolitionists that led them not to pray against slavery but to stand against slavery. - William Barber II

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We forget that it was the religion of abolitionists that led them not to pray against slavery but to stand against slavery.

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About William Barber II

William Barber II (also Rev. William J. Barber II) (born August 30, 1963) is an American Protestant minister and political activist in North Carolina, the President and Senior Lecturer at Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Barber serves as president of the NAACP's North Carolina state chapter.

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Alternative Names: Reverend Doctor William Barber II William Joseph Barber II William J. Barber II William Barber
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It was the Civil Rights Movement that said we don’t need to just pray for things to get better in America, we need to march in the street and challenge the injustices of society and declare that segregation was not only a political problem, but a moral problem.

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