Look at the real estate that this is taking up, said Melvin Thompson, executive director of the Endeleo Institute, gesturing to the vacant storefront at 87th and Ashland. His organization, which is part of Trinity United Church of Christ in neighboring Washington Heights, works to revitalize the 9
SoFA (South of Fourth Avenue) Gary by EnthuseGroup and Blue 1647 Collaborative, submitted by Melvin Thompson: Repurposing a vacant lot into a new downtown tech-driven live-work-and-play destination that encourages talented young adults to live in Gary's downtown core.
Date: Jan 12, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Small Town Divided After Church Briefly Bans Interracial Couples
uring the service. Stellas father, Dean, said it was only a few weeks later when he was approached by Melvin Thompson, the churchs former pastor who stepped down earlier this year, and informed that his daughter and her now-fiance would no longer be able to sing at Gulnare Free Will Baptist. That
Date: Dec 05, 2011
Category: U.S.
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Rural Kentucky church drops ban on mixed-race couples
Dean Harville said he was approached in August by Melvin Thompson, the church member who crafted the resolution to bar mixed-race couples, and was told that his daughter and her boyfriend were no longer allowed to sing at the church.
Date: Dec 05, 2011
Category: U.S.
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Kentucky Church to Void Ban on Interracial Couples
The church's then-pastor Melvin Thompson said the couple could not sing at the church again, and drew up a proposal stating the church did not condone interracial marriage and recommending that while such couples could attend public services they could not join as members or participate in services.
Date: Dec 04, 2011
Category: U.S.
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Ex-pastor who led church to ban interracial couples is Knuckehead of the Week
Melvin Thompson, who led the tiny, all-white church for many years, proposed a ban on interracial couples after the white daughter of a longtime church member brought her fianc to a service in June. Though he stepped down in August, Thompson last month suggested the church to go on record with the
Harville said he was approached in August by Melvin Thompson, the church member who crafted the resolution to bar mixed-race couples, and was told that his daughter and her boyfriend were no longer allowed to sing at the church.
But after a service in June where Stella Harville and Chikuni participated by singing and playing the piano for a hymn, the family was shocked when then-pastor Melvin Thompson approached them after the service.