Which Way, L.A.?
The First AME Church, a Voice of Reason amid the Riots
In the aftermath of the riots, one of our first Which Way, LA? programs was broadcast from the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Adams District, just south of the 10 Freeway not far from USC. Dr. Cecil "Chip" Murray took over a church with 300 members in 1977.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIn the aftermath of the riots, one of our first Which Way, LA? programs was broadcast from the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Adams District, just south of the 10 Freeway not far from USC. Dr. Cecil "Chip" Murray took over a church with 300 members in 1977. By 1992, it was a mega-church of 18,000, including the late Mayor Tom Bradley and many other people of influence, an institution with a major impact on the social and economic life of Los Angeles. Rev. Murray now holds the John R. Tansey Chair of Christian Ethics at USC.
WWLA's Warren Olney with Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray
