Academic Forerunner

ID: 2624 ~ Source: “Marvin Griffin, Southwestern’s First African-American Graduate, Dies at Age 90 | Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.” January 9, 2014, https://swbts.edu/news/releases/marvin-griffin-southwestern-s-first-african-american-graduate-dies-age-90/.
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Academic Forerunner

Although the young Marvin Griffin spent his growing years in financial insecurity, the church offered an environment in which he could grow academically, practice public speaking, and receive encouragement from the community of faith.

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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…