Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., the Rev. Calvin Butts, and Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., are joined at podium by other church and community leaders from New York, in March 2010 on Capitol Hill. Rev. Butts welcomed generations of worshippers as well as politicial leaders from across the world at Harlem’s landmark Abyssinian Baptist Church.
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Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73
The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who fought poverty and racism and skillfully navigated New York’s power structure as pastor of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, died Oct. 28 at age 73, the church announced.
