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Freddy Haynes Seemed a Shoo-In to Lead the NAACP ... So What Happened?

Courtesy of Friendship West Baptist Church
By Jesse Hyde
Dallas Observer | June 17, 2008
Haynes' commitment to Rev. Jeremiah Wright's brand of theology -- the very thing that had shaped his ministry and brought him so much success -- may have derailed his chance to lead the nation's oldest civil rights organization.
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Tags: religion, Dallas, race relations, NAACP, black liberation theology, Freddy Haynes, Rev. Jeremiah Wright

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