Tag: Butts, Calvin O III

Harlem Mourns the Rev. Calvin Butts III

Congregants and neighbors remembered a pastor who they said was determined to fight racism and lift up the Black community.

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, Dynamic Harlem Pastor, Dies at 73

He led Abyssinian Baptist Church and helped revitalize his community by building housing, some of which he reserved for existing residents.