Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

October 10, 2005

Dear Supporters:

I greet you with the grace and peace of God.

It is a humbling privilege to have been selected by the North Carolina Conference of Branches of the NAACP to serve as your new State Conference President.  I solicit your prayers as we move together in this time of new beginning with fresh vision and vigor.  The challenges are great but our cause is right.  My agenda and I hope that our agenda is simply to serve God and advance forthrightly the cause of Civil Rights and Social Justice.

I want you to know that I have a deep respect for all of you who have given your service for this noble work.  We all salute the works of our past state president and wish him and others who have served, God’s speed and continual blessings. 

Our legacy is one that stands upon the foundation of leaders like Roy Wilkins, Medgar Evers, Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, and Kelly Alexander Sr., who each within their time help to lead this organization “to serve the present age”.  This is yet our charge and we must pray to God for the wisdom and strength to do it well.

I, along with my wife Rebecca and all of our children love you with the love of God and look forward to this time of service. 

Sincerely,

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II