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Gayraud Wilmore, who led the Commission on Religion and Race, dies at age 98

Posted April 20th, 2020

The Rev. Gayraud Wilmore, a pastor, renowned scholar of African American church history, the first executive director of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.’s (UPCUSA) Commission on Religion and Race (CORAR) and a key figure in the civil rights movement, died Saturday at 98.