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Ten Questions for Rev. Barber

By K.C. Johnson

Perhaps I?m naïve, but I think that most people expect ministers to tell the truth. But the head of the North Carolina NAACP, Rev. William Barber, seems to have a lot of trouble with that qualification. In a WRAL on-line forum, Barber was recently called to task for his organization?s guilt-presuming approach to the lacrosse case. Here is the question, and his response, in its entirety. My discussion is below. The NAACP and other civil rights organizations and leaders were very outspoken in support of Crystal G. Magnum during the Duke Lacrosse rape investigation. When it became apparent that her allegations were not supported by the evidence, why didn't these same organizations/leaders offer apologies to the wrongly accused? ? Roger Williams, Fayetteville I?m sorry that you have been misinformed about our position...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).