William J. Barber

William J. Barber II is an American Protestant minister, social activist, professor in the Practice of Public Theology and Public Policy and founding director of the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. He is the president and senior lecturer at Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival. He also serves as a member of the national board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and is the chair of its legislative political action committee. From 2006 to 2017, Barber served as president of the NAACP's North Carolina state chapter, the largest in the Southern United States and the second-largest in the United States. He pastored Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Goldsboro, North Carolina, from 1993 to 2023.

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The Daily Show (2023)
Guest starring as William J. Barber
The ReidOut (2020)
Guest starring as William J. Barber (7 episodes)
Velshi (2020)
Guest starring as William J. Barber (5 episodes)
  • Episode 2025-11-23: Episode 93 (Nov 23, 2025)
  • Episode 2025-11-01: Episode 86 (Nov 1, 2025)
  • Episode 2025-10-18: Episode 82 (Oct 18, 2025)
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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
All In with Chris Hayes (2013)
Guest starring as William Barber
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (2010)
Guest starring as William Barber
Morning Joe (2006)
Guest starring as Rev. Dr. William J. Barber (3 episodes)
Democracy Now! (2002)
Guest starring as William Barber
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