Reverend Cecil Murray opened the doors of First AME Church the night of verdicts for four LAPD officers in the beating of Rodney King, and emerged as a voice of healing for the community.
Reverend Smith-Pollard works there and describes herself as the spiritual daughter of Reverend Murray. She was in the First AME choir back in 1992. At First AME, Reverend Murray is revered.
He was pastor there for 27 years and a street circle is named in his honor.Reverend Murray celebrated his 91st birthday in 2020 with a drive-thru celebration. He is no longer practicing, but even then offered words of healing. His birthday came at the height of the pandemic and just months after the murder of George Floyd.
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