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Southern Baptists elect 1st African-American president

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Written by emperorbbq

Tuesday, 19 June 2012 18:45

At WaPo:

The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to elect its first African-American president in one of its biggest steps yet to reconcile the 167-year-old denomination’s troubled racial past and appeal to a more diverse group of believers.

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