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Cecil L. 'Chip' Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies

Source: AP1998

The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of ' oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighborhoods of South Los Angeles following one of the country's worst race riots, has died. He was

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