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January 25, 1991

Episcopal Leaders Confront Questions of Racial Equality and Peace During Phoenix Celebrations

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Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal Church Leaders...]
Episcopal Church Leaders Join King Day in Phoenix. Bishop Joseph Heistand of Arizona (center) introduces to the press the special guests who joined him in celebrations honoring the memory of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. January 20-21. Bishop Herbert Thompson of Southern Ohio (left) preached at the cathedral service and a later rally at the state capitol in Phoenix. Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning (center left) also spoke at the rally. Dean David Collins (center right), president of the House of Deputies, and Bishop James Ottley of Panama (right) also joined in the March. (Episcopal News Service photo by James Solheim)