Rev. William Barber II calls for collective resistance in annual MLK Jr. Lecture

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Rev. William Barber II calls for collective resistance in annual MLK Jr. Lecture

Reverend William J. Barber II emphasized the importance of mobilizing and standing up to injustices in the face of political polarization and inequality at the University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture.Barber is the president and senior lecturer of grassroots organization Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, a nonviolent mobilization effort that seeks to learn from and act upon the effects of poverty and i…