The Thurgood Marshall College Fund mourns the passing of Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, an impactful leader and prominent faith leader who led Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. He was also a former TMCF board member and college president. He was 73 years old when he died recently.
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