The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Reverend Gardner Taylor

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Reverend Gardner Taylor

3/5/2002

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2002.006

Civil rights activist, minister, and nonprofit chief executive Reverend Gardner Taylor (1918 - 2015 ) was an honored theologian and Minister of Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn. Taylor was the founding president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, and actively advocated for civil rights, social change and self-reliance as the pastor of four churches throughout his career. Taylor was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/5/2002, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 22m 26s

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Taylor, Gardner C.

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Reverend Gardner C. Taylor is a widely acclaimed Baptist minister, recognized as a gifted orator, extraordinary religious leader, inspirational educator, and staunch civil rights activist. In 1979 Time Magazine named him one of the top seven preachers in the U.S. and proclaimed him the "Dean of the nation's black preachers." In 1993 Ebony Magazine named Rev. Taylor as one of the "15 Greatest Black Preachers." He was cited in a 1996 Newsweek Magazine as one of the 12 most effective preachers in t...