preacher

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When critical race theory dominated the news cycle, the senator’s comments carried hints of a preacher’s dialect: “We need ABCs, not CRT, in our schools.”

From Washington Post

Pearson said his activism and oratory came partly “through osmosis” — from his mother, an English teacher, and his father, a preacher — as he “grew up financially poor, but spiritually rich.”

From Seattle Times

And everything he learned in filming the episode surprised him, from the laser-light shows there that revel in nostalgia for the Lost Cause to the Black preacher who heads up the board overseeing the attraction.

From Washington Post

He speaks in the rolling cadence of generations of Black preachers.

From Washington Times

A man walking by asked one of them if Jesus "would support the right to bear arms," and the preacher responded, "Of course."

From Salon