SC African American History Calendar June 2020 Honoree: Reverend James S. Hall Jr.

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SC African American History Calendar June 2020 Honoree: Reverend James S. Hall Jr.

Reverend James S. Hall Jr. was born in 1932, in Marion, S.C. to Reverend James S. Hall Sr. and Mrs. Eliza Hall. Hall attended primary school in Marion and then earned a B.S. in Education and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Morris College in Sumter, S.C. He received honorary degrees from Morris College, Fuller

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