Thousands heed call of ‘Souls to the Polls’ in Miami, statewid
African-American religious and community leaders in Miami joined in a statewide ‘Souls to the Polls’ effort to turn out their followers to vote in this year’s tight presidential race.
BY JORDAN LEVIN
JLEVIN@MIAMIHERALD.COM
At Sunday noon services at the Faith Community Baptist Church in North Miami, youth preacher Richard P. Dunn III praised the boys’ football team and talked about God’s help in turning a cruel world into a happy one.
And he added a political dimension to his spiritual message. “We live in a world where some people don’t care about the 99 percent, but only about the 1 percent,” Dunn said, as the congregation of about 100 raised their hands and shouted “Amen!” and “Yes!” His father, the Rev. Richard P. Dunn II, finished by telling them, “God bless you — let’s go to the polls!”
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