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The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, former pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME) in Los Angeles, died of natural causes April 6 at his Windsor Hills Home. He was 94. “Today, we lost a giant. Reverend Dr. Cecil Murray dedicated his life to service, community, and putting God first in all things. I had the absolute honor of working with him, worshiping with him, and seeking his counsel,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of the dynamic religious leader whose ministry inspired and attracted millionaires as well as former gang bangers and people dealing with substance ...

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Arizona PBS May 19, 2021 Two Japanese families are shown at a Salinas, California, assembly center. Fred Korematsu was sent to a California center for processing to a Utah internment camp. He fought the relocation all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but lost; his sentence was vacated years after the camps were shuttered and called out as a national shame. (Photo courtesy of U.S. War Relocation Authority/Library of Congress) Known during World War II as a reception center, according to Library of Congress archives, this California center was a type of holding facility for those of Japanese d...