EBONY JOINED BY COALITION OF AMERICA’S LEADING PASTORS TO CALL FOR RELEASE OF KWAME KILPATRICK AND DEBT FORGIVENESS FOR BLACK FARMERS AT FRIDAY PRESS CONFERENCE

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EBONY JOINED BY COALITION OF AMERICA’S LEADING PASTORS TO CALL FOR RELEASE OF KWAME KILPATRICK AND DEBT FORGIVENESS FOR BLACK FARMERS AT FRIDAY PRESS CONFERENCE

EBONY and more than 20 of the nation’s most prominent pastors, including Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas; Bishop Vashti McKenzie, presiding bishop, 10th Episcopal District, AME Church; Rev. Samuel Tolbert, president of the National Baptist Convention of America; and Evangelist Alveda King, author, and niece of Rev. Dr. Martin []

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