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Community Seizure of Cookman Church in North Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a primarily Black neighborhood saw eight days of occupation of Cookman United Methodist Church by militants demanding use for the community. A judge ordered eviction. eight ministers were charged with contempt after refusals. City officials and church leaders debate ownership, access, and reparations linked to the church building.
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Philadelphia
Cookman
Paul D'Ortona
J. Gordon Howard
Robert N. C. Nix Jr
Common Pleas Court
Nix
James E. Woodruff
Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
George Hippel
Missionary and Church Extension Society
The
Methodist Church
Oral Roberts
Oral Troberts University
Tulsa
Ocensario
Clyde J. Watts
Oklahoma City
United States
Margis
New College
Ile
America
Hargis