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National News

Civil rights leader Barber honored for 25 years as pastor

Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro had a special service Sunday, July 29, to honor the Rev. Dr. William Barber II.

By WS Chronicle

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Civil rights leader Barber honored for 25 years as pastor
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the N.C. NAACP, speaks to the crowd in Winston-Salem as the N.C. NAACP vs. McCrory trial was going on in July 2015.

The Associated Press

GOLDSBORO — A church in North Carolina has recognized 25 years of work by its pastor, who also has been influential in the civil rights movement.

Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro had a special service Sunday, July 29, to honor the Rev. Dr. William Barber II.

The Rev. Traci Blackmon preached. She is the executive minister of Justice & Witness Ministries of The United Church of Christ and leads Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, Missouri.

Barber has been a civil rights leader as well as a pastor, leading the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP for more than a decade. He also started protests in 2013 for social justice at the North Carolina capitol that have spread across the country.