He was African-American. He died in San Francisco. He influenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was the dean of chapels at Howard and Boston Universities and the first black dean of a majority-white university in the United States. He co-founded the first major interdenominational church in the United States, the Church of Fellowship of […]
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Read more "Motown the Musical"I have fewer than six degrees of separation from the group: they competed against Oakland School for the Art’s (OSA) Vocal Rush in The Sing Off, they also performed at my church, Heart and Soul Center of Light and my son and nephew hung out with them pre concert in the green room.
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Read more "Queen Latifah"It wasn’t just black folks; they allied with white liberals around the anti-war movement. “Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids have you killed today?” was a frequent chant.
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