a revolution against poverty joining me now from atlanta to discuss this is the reverend dr william j. barber co-chair of the poor people's campaign and national call for moral revival and president of the nonprofit repairers of the breach william barber thank you for joining me on up front thank you so much and great to be with you the president of the united states. says quote no president has ever done what i have done for evangelicals all for religion itself do you agree with the. no i do not also don't agree that even evangelicals are supporting him i think oftentimes in the media we use these terms that have been thrown at us i'm an evangelical if you look at the true meaning of evangelical which means to preach good news to the poor or care for the broken hearted and care for the oppressed what we see is a false kind of religion a distorted moron there to where evangelicalism has been hijacked we have been forced to use these false framing like the left vs right there's no such thing as a left christian versus a right christian and you either christian or you're not an author ducks chr

we will hear from the president of repairers of the breach, reverend william barber and two of the foundingnonviolent coordinatingcommittee , diane nash and thomas jensen's. this house oversight committee hearing is chaired by carolyn mulroney of new york area. >>. >> good morning everyone. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of this committee at any time. i now recognize myself for an opening statement.

william barber president of repairs of the bridge and cochair of the poor people's campaign. diane nash civil rights leader and one of the founding members of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. tim jenkins also my law school classmate and a founding member of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. he is an attorney and activist and served on the boards of teaching for change in the civil rights movement archives. finally marcia johnson-blanco is the codirector of the voting rights project for the lawyers committee for civil rights. thank you very much madam chair. >> thank you very much. we at hope that john lewis would be here to bear witness but i ask unanimous consent to place in the record his statement. he is certainly here in leadership bends. great thank you and i will begin now by swearing in the witnesses if you'll all please rise and raise your right hand. do you swear to affirm that the testimony you're about to give his the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? that the records show the witnesses answered in the affi

we will hear from the president of repairers of the breach, reverend william barber and two of the founding members of the student nonviolent coordinatingcommittee , diane nash and thomas jensen's. this house oversight committee hearing is chaired by carolyn mulroney of new york area. >>. >> good morning everyone. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of this committee at any time. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. good morning. i thank all of you for being here today good morning, today we are examining our nations history of voter suppression . as well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. and in exercising their fundamental right to vote. tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and our former chairman, elijah cummings. we will be remaining in disappearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. today's hearing is also part of our effort to honor his legacy. protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues . if not the most important issue he f

tutored by samuel williams, pias barber, and the late dr. martin luther king, junior, dr. brown has seen the issues of society as separate -- has never seen the issues of society as separate from the mission of the church, especially when members of the church are directly affected by systems of evil. born in jackson, mississippi, in 1941, dr. brown had a fire for activism and justice from a very early age. reverend brown organized the naacp, and criticized segregated schools. he met with dr. martin luther king in 1956 and was hand-picked to attend a social philosophy sem maseminar taught by doctor king. he earned his master's of divinity and doctrine. before accepting the call to lead san francisco's third baptist church, he seived as pastoserved as pastort chester pennsylvania and as pastor in minnesota. starting in 1976, he began his life's work of pastoring for third baptist. as a scholar, the theologian, he has remained for all of his time. they have established a summer school program, created an after school academic enrichment program, "back on track," and partnere

tutored by samuel williams, pias barber, and the late dr. martin luther king, junior, dr.rown has seen the issues of society as separate -- has never seen the issues of society as separate from the mission of the church, especially when members of the church are directly affected by systems of evil. born in jackson, mississippi, in 1941, dr. brown had a fire for activism and justice from a very early age. reverend brown organized the naacp, and criticized segregated schools. he met with dr. martin luther king in 1956 and was hand-picked to attend a social philosophy sem maseminar taught by doctor king. he earned his master's of divinity and doctrine. before accepting the call to lead san francisco's third baptist church, he seived as pastoserved as pastort chester pennsylvania and as pastor in minnesota. starting in 1976, he began his life's work of pastoring for third baptist. as a scholar, the theologian, he has remained for all of his time. they have established a summer school program, created an after school academic enrichment program, "back on track," and partnered