William J Barber IIRev. William J. Barber II was elected president of the
local NAACP youth council in 1978 at the age of 15. He then enrolled at
North Carolina Central University and became student government
president at age 19. He receivd his bachelor's degree in political
science from NCCU, cum laude, in 1985; a Master of Divinity degree from
Duke University in 1989; and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew
University, with a concentration in public policy and pastoral care, in
2003. He is the author of We Are Called to Be a Movement, Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing and The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear.
He is national co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call
for Moral Revival and director of the Center for Public Theology and
Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. Read More Read Less