Maggie Thomas of Greater Concord B pti t
Church' has returned from Ri hrnond, V , to
COY
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How-
Mary Hagl r nd family in E t Lou'
and B lleville, IL, for a f mily reunion
Robbie Crump-McCoy nd family m
prep rin to 1 v for nv r for t
ily union.
Th Bo rd ofDi 0 of'Lif h 1
H lth Plan honored Dr. William
in a nquet at th Plum Hollow
p id nt-elect of th Am ri n
Association. Robin M Barel y is
istant tary; Claud Young, D
director.
Board of Directors are Prin E Holliday,
chairman; Archie L. Clark, Harold F. F rrow,
is L. Gi n, B nnie L. Grier, Willard S.
Holt, Jr., David L. McSwain III, Cre r
Mitchell, John E. Reeves and James F Throw r
Anderson is a trustee a th Hartford Memorial
Bapti t Church, and w coli gu of r.
Martin Luther King Jr. in th civil righ move
ment.
A littl bu h
ometimes
grows better
than a big tree.
- Jim leln Prov rb
Pa tor pledge
to help re tore
By ROBBIE CRUMP-McCOY
S cia, to tIM Michl .n elflnn
The Healing prin B pti
Church, Hamilton at Elmhu t,
is one of a several church lin
ing busy Hamilton Avenue be
tween Webb and the Davi on
freeway.
The pastor of this growing
and moving congregation is Rev.
Jerry L. Franklin Sr. who
pledges to do all he can to help
re· tor Highland P rk to i 's
once place of b auty
Not only hat, Rev. Franklin
is determined to pe uade ach
citizen th t he n r ch
come a part of the mov men
and todo h: or h r p rt in th
restoration efforts.
It will, he liev ,help al 0
to ease the nev r-ending wav of
immorality weeping over the
broader city
PRING
with adjustable lighting.
Howd Rev Fr nklindoso
much for the community, while
at he am tune nding to the
fl k on a dally and unday ba
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THE B ,U
t Afri n-Ameri n r ligious
organization in the world 8.5
million members and 26,000 af
filiated church throughout the
United Stat . Of these, 600 af
filiated churches and n rly 1
million member are in the
Greater N.Y m tro ar a.
In ddition to th c wards
present tion, the week-long
Convention will includ n
agenda that meets the piritual
needs of attend , w 11 an
opportunity to how a united
Christian witn to th local
community
M ting ions and
special ev nts will Iso hi hlight
the Conv ntion. A Pr id nt's
will held on Mond y, ptem-
ber 6. An uplifting pel con-
rt at Madison Squar rd n
on 'l'ues y, S pt m r 7 will
featur a 1,000-voi choir.
ve rai d
ion
CL D, OH - B rni
Pow 11 Jackson was elected
the fi t woman Executiv Di
rector of th United Church of
Chri t Commis ion for Raci I
Ju tice.
On of Ms. J ckson' goals
will be working in coalition with
civil right organizations and
other d nominations to tackle
th probl m of the communities
o d
all
869-0033.
conti nued from AS
TO REDUCE police brutal
ity, Baker would:
- Support the struggle of
people pressuring for accessibil
ity to public housing and welfare
reform, "their everyday struggle
for survival."
- Retrain police so that they
have a new relationship with
"people battling for their rights"
rather than "property relations."
- Work with federal agencies '
in dealing with cases of brutal
.ity, including the U.S. Justice
D partm nt.
YUN ll, young
man, who ds the D adly
ommitt in Baker's or
niz tion, was more sp ific,
t. tin h would:
muni y.
.now you
b
ace.
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