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The News & Observer's 2018 Tar Heel of the Year is ...
Rev. William J. Barber II.

He led NC's Moral Monday rallies as leader of the NC NAACP. The MacArthur Fellow has launched a rebirth of the Poor People’s Campaign.

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@RevDrBarber “You can’t follow Jesus and not say something when you see injustice. ... The prophetic call demands that we say something.” -- Rev. William J. Barber II, the News & Observer's 2018 Tar Heel of the Year.

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@RevDrBarber Four Tar Heel of the Year finalists were revealed this week. They are:

Richard Brunson, executive director of NC Baptists on Mission, which is a key part of disaster response in North Carolina and around the country.

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@RevDrBarber @nc_missions Four Tar Heel of the Year finalists were revealed this week. They are:

Rhiannon Giddens, one of most acclaimed musicians to come out of North Carolina with a @RecordingAcad & a @macfound Genius Grant to her name.

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@RevDrBarber @nc_missions @RecordingAcad @macfound @RhiannonGiddens Four Tar Heel of the Year finalists were revealed this week. They are:

Jaki Shelton Green: NC's first African-American Poet Laureate, who has made a career of standing up for the outcast.

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Four Tar Heel of the Year finalists were revealed this week. They are:

William Lewis, executive director of @pinecone. He is one of the forces in bringing the @IntlBluegrass World of Bluegrass to Raleigh.

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