Franklin, C. L. (Clarence LaVaughn), 1915-1984

LC control no.	n 88276628
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Personal name heading	Franklin, C. L. (Clarence LaVaughn), 1915-1984 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Franklin, Clarence LaVaughn, 1915-1984
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1915-01-22
Death date	1984-07-27
Place of birth	Sunflower County (Miss.)
Place of death	Detroit (Mich.)
Affiliation	LeMoyne College Friendship Baptist Church (Buffalo, N.Y.) Chess Records
Profession or occupation	Civil rights workers Gospel singers Clergy
Found in	His Give me this mountain, c1989: CIP t.p. (C.L. Franklin) data sheet (b. 1915, d. 1984) galley (Clarence LaVaughn Franklin) The Greatest love story [SR] p1973: label (Rev. C.L. Franklin) Franklin, C.L. Satan goes to a prayer meeting [SR] p2005: label (Reverend C.L. Franklin) insert (b. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin, Jan. 22, 1915, Sunflower Co., Miss., d. July 27, 1984) African American National Biography, accessed January 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Franklin, C. L.; born Clarence LaVaughn Pitman (Franklin was the name of his step-father); Baptist lay leader, Baptist clergyperson, gospel musician / singer, choral director; born 22 January 1915 in Sunflower, Mississippi, United States; studied at LeMoyne College in Memphis, Tennessee; ordained reverend at St. Peter's Rock; appointed at County Line Baptist Church, mastering unique African American sermonic style; pastored the Friendship Baptist Church in Buffalo, New York; lead congregation by Representatives of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit; signed recording contract with Chess Records, touring with the Dixie Hummingbirds and the Clara Ward Gospel Singers (1953); toured with own choir, incuding daughter, Aretha Franklin; organized march in Detroit (1963); worked to elect John Conyers to Congress and Coleman Young as first black mayor of Detroit; died 27 July 1984 in West Side, Detroit, Michigan, United States)