EPISODE · Mar 30, 2012 · 4 MIN
MS Moments 305 Father Peter Quinn - Hattiesburg Activist
from Mississippi Moments Podcast
In 1966, Father Peter Quinn was a young priest at Hattiesburg’s Sacred Heart Church. When he was asked to become the priest for the community's black parish, he soon found himself involved in the Civil Rights movement. Quinn explains how as spiritual leader, he was called on to calm the community’s young people after Dr. King’s assassination.
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