Thursday, March 28, 2024

Rev. Dr. William Barber, II honors Dr. King’s legacy

The keynote address for the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Banquet was Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, noteworthy for his numerous efforts on behalf of all minorities and the poor. Barber made the trip from North Carolina and threw in an excursion to Houston before attending the event. (Image: David Wilfong/NDG)

Rev. Dr. William Barber was the keynote speaker at the 36th annual MLK Awards Banquet held Saturday, Sat. Jan. 13 at the Dallas Hyatt Regency. This black-tie awards banquet celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and honored those helping carry out the mission of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Dallas.

“I’m not even sure we should be celebrating him,” Barber said of MLK. “He was a prophet. And when it comes to prophets, you either follow them or you leave them alone.”
Dr. Barber pointed out that a lot of people talk about MLK yet they make no effort to follow his path. He reminded the audience of occasions where public officials were invited as honorary participants in MLK events when their policies did not match the cause.

Throughout 2017 Dr. Barber, president of the Repairers of the Breach, toured the United States in an effort to breathe new life into the Poor People’s Campaign, an effort launched by Dr. King in 1968 before his untimely death. The goal was to gain economic justice for poor people, of all races, through the efforts of Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Key concerns of the campaign remain 50 years later: full employment and affordable housing.

 

 

 

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