Tensions Rise

ID: 2602 ~ Source: Griffin, Marvin C., interviewed by Daniel B. McGee on 18 August 1981 in Waco, Texas, Baylor University Institute for Oral History. Access full interview here.
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Griffin remembers Tensions surrounding initial impulses to integrate; mounting tensions a midst rising calls for integration and job opportunities

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By Skylar Ray
During the 1950s and 1960s, Rev. Marvin C. Griffin strove to bring the Christian gospel to bear upon the civil rights struggle in Waco. As minister of New Hope Baptist Church from 1951 to 1969, Reverend Griffin preached a message of spiritual…