Ahead of Biden’s visit, the Rev William Barber II, a co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, along with six other activists wrote to the president and members of Congress to express their frustration with the lack of progress on voting rights legislation.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/05/biden-selma-alabama-visit-voting-rights-bloody-sunday

The Rev. William Barber II said he needs the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a disabling bone disease.

Source: https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2023/12/29/civil-rights-leader-removed-from-movie-theater-for-using-his-own-chair/

The Rev. William Barber II, who cochairs the Poor People’s Campaign and travels regularly from North Carolina to Jackson to help lead rallies at the governor’s mansion, tells me that residents there are fed up.

Source: https://jacksonadvocateonline.com/broken-by-design-a-special-report-on-the-declining-federal-funding-that-left-jacksons-water-system-at-the-mercy-of-conservative-state-politicians/