CONFIRMS HE WAS A STUDENT THERE.
HE WAS IN THE TWIN CITIES AS
PART OF A RESIDENCY.
THOUSANDS OF CHURCH LEADERS
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE IN
MINNEAPOLIS THIS WEEK FOR THE
NATIONAL BAPTIST CON VEPGS --
CONVENTION.
IT IS THE SECOND TIME THE EVENT
HAS BEEN HELD IN MINNESOTA.
ANGELA DAVIS TALKED WITH CHURCH
LEADERS ABOUT THE FOCUS OF THE
CONVENTION.
THEY ARE PASTORS, YOUTH
MINISTERS, CHOIR LEADERS AND
DEVOTED MEMBERS OF BAPTIST
CHURCHES ACROSS THE NATION.
A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION THIS
WEEK IS POLITICS.
I THINK THE MIDTERM ELECTION
IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE AS
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AS THE
CHURCH, NEED TO BE TOGETHER.
REVEREND RUSSELL THE
PRESIDENT OF THE MINNESOTA STATE
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
OUR COMMUNITY IS HURTING.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING,
HURTING
HE SAID MENTAL HEALTH IS
ANOTHER PRIORITY FOR THE BAPTIST
CHURCH.
THEY SEE ALL THIS WEALTH BUT
THEY DON'T SEE THE FACT THAT --
THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR
WHITES IS $67,000 BUT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS ITS LIKE
$27,000.
REVEREND PATTERSON IS COCHAIR
OF THE CONVENTION
I THINK WE STILL NEED TO MAKE
PEOPLE AWARE OF THAT IN SPITE OF
ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT MAY COME
THROUGH THAT WE HAVE
TO LOOK.
WE HAVE TWO TWO SERMONS EACH
NIGHT.
WE END BY 10:00 BUT WE GET YOU
OUT BEFORE THE NEXT DAY.
