Cecil L ‘Chip’ Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies
Los Angeles AP Rev Dr Cecil L “Chip” Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of Los Angeles’ oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighbourhoods of South Los Angeles following one of the country’s worst race riots, has died. He was 94. Murray died on Friday, according […]
Essay: Thirty years after Rodney King unrest, one faith leader’s vision still inspires LA
The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture’s RICHARD FLORY and NJUMA SMITH-POLLARD, reflect – in an article first published on Religion News Service – on the role faith-based organisations have played in creating positive social change in Los Angeles in the wake of the 1992 unrest…