Cecil L. ‘Chip’ Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

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Cecil L. ‘Chip’ Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

ABOVE PHOTO: The Rev. Cecil Murray Sr., of the First African Methodist Episcopal, preaches to his congregation, Sunday, Dec. 20, 1998, in Los Angeles. Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who gained international attention for his efforts to help Los Angeles recover from one of the country’s worst race riots, died Friday, April 5, 2024. He was 94. (AP Photo/William Wilson Lewis III, File) ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The Rev. …