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William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II gave UNC's 2017 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship in Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall, in Chapel Hill. He was then pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, the architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement marches in Raleigh, and a former president of the North Carolina NAACP.

Source: UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities: Rev. William J. Barber II discusses the morality of citizenship in 2017 Weil Lecture

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1963– as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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William J. Barber II, 2020
William J. Barber II, 2020

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To Drink from the Well: The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation’s Oldest University

Kapur, Geeta · 2021

Geeta Kapur's history of race at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from the enslaved labor that built the campus through desegregation and the Black student protests that followed. Twelve chapters, with a foreword by William Barber II, move from the founding era and the Great Depression controversies to the state's response to integration and the turmoil of later decades; North Carolina Central University also figures. Published 2021 by Blair in Durham.

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  1. UNC honors its first three Black undergraduates, 55 years on John Lewis Brandon and LeRoy and Ralph Frasier returned to UNC for a weekend of tributes marking 55 years since they enrolled, including a Friday dinner at which the Rev. William Barber called them heroes. People: LeRoy Frasier, Ralph Frasier, William J. Barber IISearch the index · Deseret News (AP): 55 years later, UNC celebrates integration
  2. William J. Barber II speaks at a rally at Silent Sam on its 100th anniversary On the Confederate monument's 100th anniversary, William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP, spoke at a rally at its foot organized by the Real Silent Sam Committee, saying the statue had never been silent.Search the index · UNC Libraries, A View to Hugh: The soul of the beholder will determine the revelation of its meaning
  3. William J. Barber II gives the Weil Lecture on American Citizenship William J. Barber II delivered UNC's 2017 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship in Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall, speaking on the morality of citizenship.Search the index · UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities: Rev. William J. Barber II discusses the morality of citizenship in 2017 Weil Lecture
  4. William J. Barber II is named a MacArthur Fellow The MacArthur Foundation named William J. Barber II, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, a 2018 MacArthur Fellow.Search the index · MacArthur Foundation: William J. Barber II
  5. William J. Barber II gives the Bobby Boyd Leadership Lecture at UNC William J. Barber II spoke on poverty and inequality at the UNC School of Social Work's Bobby Boyd Leadership Lecture in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building to nearly 300 people, with about 750 more online.Search the index · UNC School of Social Work: 2025 Bobby Boyd Leadership Lecture: Barber calls for fresh dose of social work

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Picture: William J. Barber II, 2020. Public domain. Photograph by United States Congress, Office of Terri Sewell; twitter.com; via Wikimedia Commons

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