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Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (né Walker; January 22, 1915 – July 27, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. [2] Known as the man with the "Million-Dollar Voice", Franklin served as the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit from 1946 until he was shot and wounded in 1979.
The Reverend Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (January 22, 1915 – July 27, 1984), better known as C. L. Franklin, was a highly influential African-American Baptist preacher and civil rights activist. He was also the father of the legendary singer Aretha Franklin.
Aug 30, 2018 · C.L. Franklin was born in rural Mississippi to a poor sharecropper’s family. He lived in the belly of the beast; he later said he experienced “segregation in the raw.”
Jul 28, 1984 · The Rev. C. L. Franklin, civil rights activist and father of soul-singer Aretha Franklin, died today. He was 69. Mr. Franklin had been in a coma since suffering a gunshot wound in a robbery...
C. L. Franklin was a Detroit minister and civil rights leader who helmed one of the city's largest Baptist congregations in the 1950s and 1960s, but he is better known as the father of rhythm-and-blues singer Aretha Franklin.
Mar 9, 2005 · From his pulpit at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, the Rev. C.L. Franklin became one of the most important African-American preachers involved in the civil rights movement.
C.L. Franklin was not only gifted as a speaker but also as a singer. His interest in music, and in evangelizing, led him to join the gospel tour in 1953, the first preacher to do so.
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