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Barber II compares the rising tide of protest to what Dr. King called a \u201cmarvelous new militancy\u201d in the 1960s.\u003C\/h2\u003E \n\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022byline\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch2 class=\u0022author_name\u0022\u003EBy \u003Ca class=\u0022author\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/paul-blest\/\u0022\u003EPaul Blest\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022author-twitter\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/pblest\u0022 target=\u0022blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETwitter\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\u003C!--\u003Ch2\u003EBy\u003C\/h2\u003E--\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch4 class=\u0022time is-today article_pub_time\u0022\u003EToday 4:40 pm\u003C!--\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\u0022 class=\u0022click_comment\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E0 Comments\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E--\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003Cul class=\u0022article-share\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022social-share fb\u0022 href=\u0022javascript:void(0)\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFacebook\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022social-share tw\u0022 href=\u0022javascript:void(0)\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETwitter\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022social-share email\u0022 href=\u0022javascript:void(0)\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEmail\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022social-share tn_print\u0022 href=\u0022javascript:void(0)\u0022 onclick=\u0022tn_print_fn()\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPrint\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\u003C\/header\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Csection class=\u0022article-body abody-239338\u0022 \u003E\n\t\t\u003Caside class=\u0022left full-width-mobile image wide indent\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca class=\u0022gallery imgHover\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Moral_March_2017_ap_img.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022Thousands pack Fayetteville Street to listen as the Rev. William Barber addresses the crowd during the annual \u201cHistoric Thousands on Jones Street\u0022 (HKonJ) march in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday, February 11, 2017. (Robert Willett \/ The News & Observer via AP)\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Moral_March_2017_ap_img.jpg?scale=896&compress=80\u0022 alt=\u0022\u201cHistoric Thousands on Jones Street\u0022 (HKonJ) march in Raleigh, N.C.,\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EThousands pack Fayetteville Street to listen as the Rev. William Barber addresses the crowd during the annual \u201cHistoric Thousands on Jones Street\u0022 (HKonJ) march in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday, February 11, 2017. \u003Cspan class=\u0022credits\u0022\u003E(Robert Willett \/ The News & Observer via AP)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv style=\u0022clear:both\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-variant: small-caps;\u0022\u003ERaleigh, NC\u003C\/span\u003E\u2014\u003C\/em\u003ENot many people would blame Karen Holliman if she stayed home in Durham and enjoyed an unseasonably beautiful Saturday. She didn\u2019t.\u003Caside class=\u0022ad right most-popular-plus-ad grey_back\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv id=\u0022ad-halfpage-239338-0\u0022 class=\u0022sailthru_class_form\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/advertising-policy\u0022 class=\u0022ad-policy\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAd Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m here with stage-four cancer, and it\u2019s in every vertebrae in my back. I just really wanted to be apart of this,\u201d Holliman says, as singing and chanting echoes off of the buildings in downtown Raleigh. \u201cEvery day is crazy\u2026. I just really worry about the future of our children, our environment, our schools. All of it.\u201d\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EHolliman, along with her friend and neighbor Heidi Hannapel, joined an estimated 80,000 others and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hkonj.com\/about\/coalition-partners\/\u0022\u003Enearly 200 groups\u003C\/a\u003E at the 11th annual Forward Together Moral March, led by North Carolina NAACP president Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II. And despite the political circumstances that surrounded the march\u2014chiefly, the new Trump administration and a state legislature that still has two veto-proof Republican majorities\u2014Barber is optimistic about the future. \u201cI think we\u2019re seeing the adolescent growing pains of a third Reconstruction,\u201d he says.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2016, North Carolina seemed to be the epicenter of mass protest in the United States. The passage of anti-LGBTQ and anti-worker House Bill 2\u2014known by most Americans as the bathroom bill\u2014in February sparked \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/merinc.org\/activism\/black-lives-matter-qtpoc-lead-fight-against-hb2\/\u0022\u003Enumerous\u003C\/a\u003E protests \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/abc11.com\/politics\/air-horn-orchestra-laments-need-to-keep-protesting\/1483829\/\u0022\u003Ethroughout the year\u003C\/a\u003E. Large demonstrations in protest of a special session in December aimed at curbing the power of the state\u2019s new Democratic governor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article121318803.html\u0022\u003Eended with over 50 people\u003C\/a\u003E arrested. And outside of Raleigh, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.colorlines.com\/articles\/charlotte-uprising-protesters-release-demands-cmpd-releases-videos\u0022\u003ECharlotte uprising\u003C\/a\u003E in September brought to light community anger over the death of Keith Scott, who was, at that point, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/crime-courts\/keith-lamont-scott-sixth-person-die-police-shooting-charlotte-year-n651861\u0022\u003Esixth person killed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police in 2016\u003C\/a\u003E.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the kind of protests frequently seen in North Carolina have been spreading across the nation. Up to 5 million people worldwide joined in the Women\u2019s March in January, including \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.indyweek.com\/indyweek\/the-resistance-day-two-the-womens-march-on-raleigh-brings-17000-downtown\/Content?oid=5101486\u0022\u003E17,000\u003C\/a\u003E in Raleigh. 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And last weekend, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/counties\/wake-county\/article130772929.html\u0022\u003Ethousands protested Trump\u2019s immigration policies\u003C\/a\u003E near the state legislative building.\u003Caside class=\u0022right hidden-on-mobile most-popular-plus-ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022most-popular hover_b_remove\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch3\u003EMost Popular\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E1\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/steve-bannon-wants-to-start-world-war-iii\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003ESteve Bannon Wants To Start World War III\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E2\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/donald-trump-is-selling-access-to-the-winter-white-house-for-200000\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Donald Trump Is Selling Access to the \u2018Winter White House\u2019 for $200,000\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003EDonald Trump Is Selling Access to the \u2018Winter White House\u2019 for $200,000\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E3\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/this-is-how-the-republican-party-plans-to-destroy-the-federal-government\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027This Is How the Republican Party Plans to Destroy the Federal Government\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003EThis Is How the Republican Party Plans to Destroy the Federal Government\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E4\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/leaked-draft-of-trumps-religious-freedom-order-reveals-sweeping-plans-to-legalize-discrimination\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Leaked Draft of Trump\u2019s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003ELeaked Draft of Trump\u2019s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E5\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/your-guide-to-the-sprawling-new-anti-trump-resistance-movement\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003EYour Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/aside\u003E\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EBarber says the recent protests have inspired him. \u201cIt\u2019s actually powerful to see the power of love and justice bursting out from the seam, that we\u2019re not going to stand for this authoritarianism and radical nativism,\u201d Barber told \u003Cem\u003EThe Nation \u003C\/em\u003Eby phone on Thursday. \u201cLike Dr. King said in the sixties, it\u2019s a \u2018marvelous new militancy\u2019\u2026. you can start changing Southern states by having a movement that brings brown and white and black people together. If that happens, then you change the South, the electoral strategy, and the look of America.\u201d\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThis new energy was reflected at the march on Saturday, which, according to the state NAACP, attracted the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncnaacp\/status\/830456540758994944\u0022\u003E largest crowd\u003C\/a\u003E in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncnaacp\/status\/830456458013704192\u0022\u003E11 years\u003C\/a\u003E. They\u2019ve come a long way: The annual march began back in 2007, when the state government was still under unified Democratic control. \u201cWe recognized that in the South, when you look at the history of the first and second Reconstruction, there needs to be a fusion coalition,\u201d Barber says, a reference to the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ncpedia.org\/fusion-republicans-and-populists\u0022\u003Elate-19th-century alliance\u003C\/a\u003E of state Republicans and Populists who \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/media2.newsobserver.com\/content\/media\/2010\/5\/3\/ghostsof1898.pdf\u0022\u003Ebriefly beat back Jim Crow Democrats\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe saw that people who voted against advancing voting rights and opportunity were the same people who voted against the living wage, who voted to cut public education. Republican, Democrat, didn\u2019t matter. So we thought, \u2018If they\u2019re smart enough and cynical enough to be together, we need to come together.\u2019\u201d\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThose early years brought significant victories, Barber says, including a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wcsr.com\/resources\/pdfs\/laboremploypayWAGE06.pdf\u0022\u003Ehigher minimum wage\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.demos.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/SDR-CostStudy-Final.pdf\u0022\u003Esame-day registration\u003C\/a\u003E, and a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/north-carolina-racial-justice-act\u0022\u003ERacial Justice Act\u003C\/a\u003E that aimed to tackle racial disparities in death-penalty sentencing. Then the other shoe dropped: In 2010, Republicans took control of the legislature, and two years later, the governor\u2019s mansion. \u201cIf the country wants to look at what a Trump administration will look like, look at [former] Governor [Pat] McCrory,\u201d he says, \u201cThe first 50 days, [North Carolina Republicans] did what Trump is doing. They attacked, attacked, attacked. 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Once the new government began taking an axe to civil rights, public education, and the safety net, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/prospect.org\/article\/can-moral-mondays-produce-victorious-tuesdays\u0022\u003EMoral Monday protests\u003C\/a\u003E began. Nearly a thousand people \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2014\/04\/william-barber-moral-monday-north-carolina\u0022\u003Ewere arrested that year\u003C\/a\u003E in nonviolent demonstrations. The following year, the annual march drew over 80,000 people, the largest before Saturday.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EMcCrory is gone now, undone by the self-inflicted wound of HB 2 and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraddJaffy\/status\/830794558778830848\u0022\u003Ereduced to clueless opining about \u201cpaid protesters\u201d on \u003Cem\u003EMeet the Press\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. But Reverend Barber thinks that the rest of the country can take an important lesson from North Carolina: the South is necessary for progressives to dig the country out of its current predicament. \u201cMovements don\u2019t come from DC they come from places like Montgomery and Birmingham,\u201d he says. \u201cYou have to fight from the bottom up, and we have to have a major fight for the South.\u201d\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThe crowd on Saturday reflected the face of a changing South. Christian Carre\u00f1o, a young man attending his second Moral March in three years, solemnly hoisted a pride flag high in front of the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. \u201cIt gives me hope,\u201d he says of the rash of protests in the last few months. \u201cPeople are noticing, they\u2019re realizing what\u2019s going on, and they know they need to stand up and do something about it and get their voice out.\u201d\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EBut despite the South\u2019s continuing transformation, it\u2019s still engaging in some of the same old fights. \u201cMy mama\u2019s here, 83 years old,\u201d Barber bellowed during his remarks in front of the old State Capitol, where slave-owners once held office and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/10\/the-battle-for-north-carolina\/501257\/\u0022\u003Esome of the earliest Jim Crow laws\u003C\/a\u003E were implemented. \u201cShe said, \u2018I never thought I could have a baby, and when he would be 50 years old, he\u2019d still have to fight some of the same battles that I fought.\u2019 But she said, \u201c\u2018Boy, you better fight!\u2019\u201d\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThat battle will need people like Carre\u00f1o and Holliman, as well as people like Barbara Seawright and Sylvia Steele. Both women live two hours away in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/er.ncsbe.gov\/?election_dt=11\/08\/2016&county_id=30&office=ALL&contest=0\u0022\u003Eheavily conservative\u003C\/a\u003E Davie County. \u201cIt\u2019s a Trump county, but we\u2019re not Trump people,\u201d Seawright laughs. She says she\u2019s marching for equality and health care; Steele, who has non-Hodgkin lymphoma, says she\u2019s demonstrating because black lives matter\u2014\u201cespecially women,\u201d she adds.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EHolliman says she\u2019ll be working in Davie County alongside Seawright and Steele to defeat Republican US Senator Thom Tillis when his current term ends. Like so many others, this is her first foray into activism. \u201cEveryone\u2019s having to become an activist,\u201d Hannapel says matter-of-factly. \u201cIf people weren\u2019t actively doing it before, everyone\u2019s getting out on the streets now, or getting on the phones, or on Facebook. 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