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Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, right, listens to Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II speak about the Poor People's Campaign before taking questions at Greenleaf Christian Church, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 in Goldsboro, N.C. (The News & Observer via AP)

Pete Buttigieg looks to Rev. William Barber to help win over black voters

By Elana Schor - Associated Press

Rev. William Barber II takes notes during pretrial motions Monday, June 3, 2019 at the Wake County Justice Center in Raleigh. Barber and about 30 others were arrested in May of 2017 on charges of second-degree trespassing when they refused to leave the hallways outside state legislators' offices. (Travis Long/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

Civil rights leader convicted of trespassing at legislature

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FILE - In this Saturday, June 23, 2018 file photo, Rev. Dr William Barber II accompanied by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to the crowd outside of the U.S. Capitol during a Poor People's Campaign rally at The National Mall in Washington. The Rev. William Barber, a leader of the Poor People's Campaign says the social justice movement is planning bus tours of poverty-stricken areas in more than 20 states to refocus the country on its true emergencies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Poor People’s Campaign to hold bus tours of poverty areas

By MARTHA WAGGONER - Associated Press

Rev. William Barber begins 3-state get-out-the-vote effort

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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 24, 2015 file photo, Rev. William Barber, president of the state chapter of the NAACP and architect of the protests known as &quot;Moral Monday, speaks during a Bible study at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C. Barber, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, N.C., and founder of Repairers of the Breach, a leadership development organization, was named one of this year's MacArthur fellows by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. In 2017, Barber began a series of &quot;Moral Monday&quot; rallies outside the North Carolina state Capitol to protest laws that suppress voter turnout. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

North Carolina civil rights leader receives ‘genius grant’

By MARTHA WAGGONER - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 6, 2018 civil rights attorney Al McSurely sits for an interview at his home in Carthage, N.C. As the Poor People's Campaign launches a massive initiative to sign up people to support the movement and to vote, its leaders are working with the generation of civil rights activists who stood with the Rev. Martin Luther King and have continued his work. The Rev. William Barber is co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. He says he turns to those who came before him: leaders such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman, and attorney Al McSurely. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Social justice movement veterans help Poor People’s Campaign

By MARTHA WAGGONER and ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 6, 2018 civil rights attorney Al McSurely sits for an interview at his home in Carthage, N.C. As the Poor People's Campaign launches a massive initiative to sign up people to support the movement and to vote, its leaders are working with the generation of civil rights activists who stood with the Rev. Martin Luther King and have continued his work. The Rev. William Barber is co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. He says he turns to those who came before him: leaders such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman, and attorney Al McSurely. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Social justice movement veterans help Poor People’s Campaign

By MARTHA WAGGONER and ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

Gary Horton, at right, president of the Erie chapter of the NAACP, organized about 160 people as they prepared to march from the Martin Luther King Center, 312 Chestnut St., to Perry Square in Erie on Thursday, June 14, 2018. They were taking part in the Poor People's Campaign march, on the 50th anniversary of the original campaign, which was inspired by a speech made by the Rev. Martin Luther King a few days before he was killed in April 1968. Several groups organized Thursday's march in Erie, including the Erie Benedictines for Peace, Erie County United and the Erie chapter of the NAACP, among others. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP)

AP Explains: Rebooting Poor People’s Campaign 50 years later

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Reverend William J. Barber argues with State Troopers at the doors of the state capitol building during a protest organized by Kentucky Poor People's Campaign in Frankfort, Ky., Monday, June 4, 2018. Anti-poverty activists were denied group access to Kentucky's Capitol following an outdoor rally that included a denunciation of the nation's first work requirements for Medicaid. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Anti-poverty group denied access to Kentucky Capitol

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN - Associated Press

North Carolina Police put zip ties around the wrists of a man they are arresting during a protest Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, N.C. After a speech and rally as part of the Poor People's Campaign, at least 12 people were arrested and charged with trespassing while protesting at the Legislative Office Building. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)

12 protesters arrested at North Carolina statehouse

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

North Carolina NAACP leader says he’ll stay for rest of term

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Rev. William Barber II, center, president of the North Carolina NAACP, is arrested in front of Sen. Phil Berger's office during a sit-in Tuesday, May 30, 2017. More than thirty people were arrested inside the state Legislative Building as they protested Republican lawmakers' refusal to expand Medicaid coverage. (Travis Long/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

Dozens arrested after health-care protest in North Carolina

By CHRISTINA SANDIDGE - Associated Press

NC NAACP leader to give details about poor people’s campaign

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Protesters hold hands during Moral Tuesday protests at the North Carolina General Assembly, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in Raleigh, N.C. Fifteen demonstrators seeking repeal of GOP legislative policies shut themselves in House Speaker Thom Tillis’ office for a sit-in Tuesday, but the chamber’s top Republican and U.S. Senate nominee did not answer their calls to meet with them. (AP Photo/The News &amp; Observer, Corey Lowenstein)

15 NC legislative protesters remain in Capitol

By KATELYN FERRAL - Associated Press

FILE- In this May 19, 2014 file photo, Rev. William Barber, right, President of the North Carolina Chapter of the NAACP, walks with other demonstrators outside the House and Senate in a silent protest as they gather during the first &quot;Moral Monday&quot; protest of the new year in Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C. The &quot;Moral Monday&quot; movement has become a de-facto campaign tool for Democrats to publicize their platform and recruit volunteers to help them win elections, especially the contested U.S. Senate race. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

NC’s protests are Democratic tool in election year

By KATELYN FERRAL - Associated Press

‘Moral Monday’ protests silently resume in NC

By KATELYN FERRAL - Associated Press

NASCAR racing legends Dale Jarrett, left, and Rusty Wallace are seated on the House floor during the opening session of the General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, May 14, 2014 where lawmakers honored the NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees. (AP Photo) **FILE**

NC Legislature return to work, as do GOP critics

By KATELYN FERRAL - Associated Press

Weekly protests against NC GOP policies to resume

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NC NAACP leader: Coal ash spill is disaster, sin

By MARTHA WAGGONER - Associated Press

Kathy Jones reacts during the closing remarks by Rev. William Barber at the &quot;Moral March on Raleigh&quot; on Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Nearly 200 organizations are joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the &quot;Moral March on Raleigh,&quot; a new name for the &quot;Historic Thousands on Jones Street,&quot; as it was originally called. Jones Street referred to the street where the Legislative Building stands and the usual terminus of the march. (AP Photo/The News &amp; Observer, Robert Willett)

Multitude at “Moral March” protest NC GOP policies

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press