Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, a family sp, okesman said.
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He was a prominent leader in the American Civil Rights Movement, a Baptist minister, and a close friend and associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. Following King’s assassination in 1968, he took up the leadership position of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Poor People’s Campaign and led the March on Washington, D.C. that had been planned for May 1968. 
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As many of you know, this Sunday, April 1st, is Palm Sunday. It is on this day that we remember what is called the Triumphal Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem exactly one week before Easter, or Resurrection Sunday. The Triumphal Entry of Jesus Christ kicked off the most exciting, the most eventful, and the most important week in history since the world began. And this is also the starting point for our seven-message series titled “The Most Exciting  and Eventful Week in History”. I have titled this first message “Jesus Was Too Legit to Quit on Palm Sunday”
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Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, has taken to national television to promote his new book, Let It Go, and to express his views regarding the Trayvon Martin case, which has attracted worldwide attention since details of the Florida teen’s shooting death were made public. The minister, whose book deals with forgiveness, says, in light of such cases, “Forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator.”
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African American community churches around the nation on Sunday amplified the cries for justice in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. 

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In light of the tragic shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed young black man, and the explosive aftermath that has come from that across the nation, allow me to share with you a couple of letters that I wrote to my 3 Trayvons and to all of the Trayvons in America in my Essence national bestselling book, “Letters To Young Black Men”. We know over a quarter of a million young men have read these letters because that is how many copies have sold, and if they shared it with their friends that number has quadrupled. It is my prayer and hope that Trayvon read it and applied it to his life before he was tragically killed. Since it is obviously true that all of us are Trayvon and any one of us can die at any time for no reason it is important that you listen to this message and take heed to it.
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He is a Christian hip hop artist signed to Reach Records, the record label that he co-founded. He has released five solo studio albums, and he is a member of the rap group 116 Clique, with whom he frequently collaborates. He has won numerous awards including Best Hip-Hop Music Video for the GMC Music Video Awards, Best Male Artist for 2006, and Best Album for 2006. He has also been nominated for a GMA Dove Award 5 times. His discography includes, “Real Talk”, “After the Music Stops”, “Rebel”, “Rehab”, and “Rehab: The Overdose”.
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