National Poor People’s Campaign leader says no to Byhalia Pipeline
Rev. Dr. William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, speaks during a rally supporting the Memphis Community Against the Pipeline at Alonzo Weaver Park. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Ekpe Abioto plays the djembe during a rally supporting the Memphis Community Against the Pipeline at Alonzo Weaver Park. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Many who attended the rally at Alonzo Weaver Park brought signs. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Several dozen people showed up Sunday for the rally at a Southwest Memphis park. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Several dozen people attended a rally Sunday supporting the Memphis Community Against the Pipeline at Alonzo Weaver Park. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Rev. Dr. William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, speaks during a rally supporting the Memphis Community Against the Pipeline at Alonzo Weaver Park. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The audience reacts as Rev. Dr. William Barber II speaks during a rally supporting the Memphis Community Against the Pipeline at Alonzo Weaver Park. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
‘Not here, not now, not ever on our watch,' said Rev. Dr. William Barber II during a rally Sunday protesting the Byhalia Connection Pipeline that would go through majority Black, poor neighborhoods in southwest Memphis.
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Rev. Dr. William Barber II Byhalia Connection Pipeline National Poor People's Campaign Alonzo Weaver Park Westwood Boxtown Memphis City CouncilDaja E. Henry
Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.