Black pastors see common thread with Occupy

Black pastors see common thread with Occupy

The Washington Post

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January 21, 2012 | Hamil R Harris | Copyright

As the nation observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant was outside the Federal Reserve's headquarters in the District, protesting.

And at the public radio station WPFW (89.3 FM), the Rev. Graylan S. Hagler used his airtime Monday to note the similarities between the Occupy Wall Street movement and those who camped in "Resurrection City," in the shadows of the Washington Monument, after King was slain.

A growing number of African American pastors in the Washington area, including the Rev. Carroll A. Baltimore Sr., president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, have embraced the Occupy movement.

In December, leaders of …

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