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Atlanta Inquirer

04-11-1998

Atlanta Ministers Join Other Clergy In Washington, D.C. To Take A Stand Against Vouchers

Atlanta ministers Rev. Timothy McDonald of the First Iconium Baptist Church and Rev. John Bartley of St. John the Baptist Church last week joined People For the American Way's (PFAW) national African American Ministers Leadership Council in calling upon the nation's leaders in Congress and in the White House to defeat voucher proposals and suppor...

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