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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is Founding Director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School and Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign. His latest book is We Are Called to Be a Movement.
Rev. William J. Barber II on civil disobedience, the failures of electoral campaigns, and why the South is key to a political transformation of the country.
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