NC NAACP president Barber announces plans to step down

Rev. William Barber, the president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, announed his plans to step down from the post in June.
Posted 5/11/2017, 9:54:00 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:52 PM

NO DELAYS ON MAJOR ROUTES.

BACK TO YOU.

>> BRIAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> BREAKING NEWS, THE HIGH-

PROFILE PRESIDENT OF THE

-- NAACP SAYS HE IS STEPPING

DOWN.

>> WILLIAM BARBER APPARENTLY

MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT

DURING A SCHEDULE.

MIKAYA THURMAN HAS MORE ON THIS

BOMBSHELL

ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> REPORTER: REVEREND BARBER'S

TERM ENDS IN

OCTOBER.

HE SAID HE WOULD STEP DOWN NEXT

MONTH.

IN HIS TERM AS PRESIDENT, SINCE

2005, BARBER

LAUNCHED THE MORAL MONDAY

PROTEST IN NORTH CAROLINA.

. BARBER TOOK THE NATIONAL

STAGE LAST JULY WHEN HE

ADDRESSED THE NATIONAL

CONVENTION, SAYING THEN THAT

THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY'S

CATASTROPHE WAS ON THE

LINE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.

HE SAID HE'S STEPPING DOWN AS

STATE CHAPTER

PRESIDENT, AND WILL FOCUS ON A

POOR PEOPLE CAMPAIGN,

JUST LIKE REVEREND MARTIN

LUTHER KING.

BARBER WILL REMAIN ON THE

NAACP'S NATIONAL BOARD OF

DIRECTORS.

BARBER DID MAKE THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT UNIVERSAL THIS

MORNING.

HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THERE WILL

BE A NEWS CONFERENCE

EXPECTED NEXT MONDAY.

BILL AND LENA?

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