Rev. William Barber is building a new ‘moral movement’ to reach people on race
Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks with Reverend William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, co-authors of “The Third Reconstruction: ...
========== HARI SREENIVASAN: We hear a lot about how
divided our country is along many lines: race, class and especially now our politics. But in our next Race Matters conversation,
"NewsHour" special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks with the co-authors of
"The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and
Fear" about their success in bridging those divides. CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT: In recent weeks, Reverend
William Barber stepped down from heading the NAACP in North Carolina to focus on what he
calls a national moral revival, updating the Poor People's Campaign started by the Reverend
Martin Luther King Jr. that linked the civil rights struggle for African-Americans to demands
for equality for all poor people. REV. WILLIAM BARB...