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Who Was That Man? Meet Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Jr., Powerful "Brown" Speaker at Ebenezer MLK Day
Rev. Rodriguez "brought the house down" at King Day Celebration Monday at Ebenezer
Moments after the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Jr., got "fired up, ready to go" in his address to the 25th anniversary of The Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday gathering at Ebenezer Baptist Church, residents of Cascade, Historic West End and other Atlanta neighborhoods began tweeting about the news.
"Rev. Samuel Rodriguez.... saying sumtin," said "Kimmtee," an Atlanta attorney. "Am i the only one that got into rev. samuel rodriguez?! he was PHENOMENAL" Spelmanite "SonyaVStiffany" asked.
So inquiring Cascade Patch wanted to know: Who was that man?
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To answer, we pulled together a recent bio of Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which represents the nation's 16 million Hispanic Christians.
We also have posted an interview for CNN's "Latino in America" and we are gathering more information about the speaker for our readers.
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