Najuma Smith-Pollard
Najuma Smith-Pollard is an author at Religion News Service.
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30 years after Rodney King unrest, one faith leader’s vision still inspires LA
By Richard Flory and Najuma Smith-Pollard — April 28, 2022
(RNS) — ‘We may have set those fires, but we didn’t start those fires,’ said the Rev. Cecil Murray.
In wake of Chauvin trial, what can faith leaders learn from the Rodney King LA riots?
By Najuma Smith-Pollard — April 20, 2021
(RNS) — As we anticipate reactions to the the Derek Chauvin verdict, we only have to look back to Los Angeles in 1992 to know what to do and what not to do. The Rev. Cecil L. Murray wrote the playbook for this situation.
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