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  2. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

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    The Children's Charter originated because the member states of the AU believed that the CRC missed important socio-cultural and economic realities particular to Africa. It emphasises the need to include African cultural values and experiences when dealing with the rights of the child in such as:

  3. Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia

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    The Second Baptist Church building was listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1978 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [2] The Central Avenue Corridor became the cultural and business hub of the African-American community in Los Angeles from the 1920s to the 1950s. The Second Baptist Church building, located ...

  4. Azusa Street Revival - Wikipedia

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    Seymour arrived in Los Angeles on February 22, 1906, [11] [12] [13] and within two days was preaching at Julia Hutchins' church at the corner of Ninth Street and Santa Fe Avenue. [9] During his first sermon, he preached that speaking in tongues was the first biblical evidence of the inevitable infilling in the Holy Spirit . [ 14 ]

  5. First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles

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    Kamala Harris and Eric Garcetti at the First AME Church of Los Angeles in 2020. The church is a center of political and social action in the city. [16] In the 80's and 90's, the church created 40 task forces concerned with health, substance abuse, homelessness, emergency food and clothing, housing, training, employment and so on.

  6. Youth for Christ - Wikipedia

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    The name "Youth for Christ International" was adopted in 1946. By then, Youth for Christ International had approximately 300 units in the United States and over 200 overseas. The average attendance at rallies in 1946 was 350. The largest attendance at that time was 70,000 at Soldier's Field in Chicago. [1]

  7. Carl Anthony Fisher - Wikipedia

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    Carl Anthony Fisher, SSJ (November 24, 1945 – September 2, 1993) was an African-American Catholic prelate who served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles from 1987 until his death in 1993. He was the first (and as of 2022, the only) Black Catholic bishop on the West Coast .

  8. Black Catholicism - Wikipedia

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    Gospel Mass is a de facto form of the Roman Rite Mass, but currently has no official canonical designation by the Church. As such, the Zaire Use —the only inculturated form of the Novus Ordo introduced since Vatican II—has gained popularity with some black parishes as a supplement to the extant Gospel Mass form (in lieu of an official ...

  9. Black Catholic Movement - Wikipedia

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    One such Mass in 1969 included New York activist-priest Lawrence Lucas, an 80-voice gospel choir provided by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and security provided by the Black Panthers. [8] One of the first parishes to engage in Black liturgical inculturation and establish a gospel choir was St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in New Orleans, in 1969.