The Rev. Rose in the sanctuary of Serenity Christian Church. A member of the previous congregation that owned the church said that the ceiling was like the hull of a shape used by slavers.
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The Rev. Floyd Rose, accompanied by members of the Nation of Islam, speaks with Kevin Lent, right, an assistant manager at Franklin Park Mall, about the lack of black mall employees. June 14, 1992. Mr. Rose frequently drew attention to hiring practices while advocating as a civil rights leader in Toledo during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Toledo Police Department officers move in to remove Rev. Floyd Rose, left, from a seat reserved for Toledo City Council members on June 28, 1988, during a protest against the city's handling of problems in the community development department. Rev. Floyd was removed and arrested. Rev. Isaac Johnson is seated, right.
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A dozen anti-apartheid protesters, including the Rev. Floyd Rose, left, picket a Food Town store at Dorr Street and Secor Road in a bid to convince the supermarket chain to stop selling Coca-Cola Co. products on July 25, 1986.
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The Rev. Floyd Rose at his church in Valdosta, Georgia.
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The Rev. Floyd Rose is the founder and senior servant at Serenity Christian, 'The perfect church for imperfect people.'
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CTY RevRose15p The Rev. Floyd Rose in his office in the church in Valdosta, Georgia, on January 15, 2017. The reverend is the founder and senior servant at Serenity Christian, "The perfect church for imperfect people". The Blade/Jetta Fraser
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Portraits of African-Americans in the struggle for justice, including Rosa Parks, botton left, and Rep. John Lewis, who was also active in the Civil Rights battles in the 1960s.
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Rev. Floyd Rose receives a Valdosta Police Department Chaplain's badge from Valdosta chief of Police Brian Childress.
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The office of Rev. Floyd Rose
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John W. Saunders Memorial Park in Valdosta, Georgia.
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CTY RevRose15p John W. Saunders Memorial Park in Valdosta, Georgia on January 15, 2017. According to an article in the Valdosta Daily Times, the city purchased the park and planned to renovate it. The Rev. Rose said this was opportunity to change the park's name; "Blacks were excluded from it, we could not swim in the pool, sit at the picnic table or walk the nature trails," Rose said. "Now that the area is 97 percent black, we think the park deserves a new name that does not reflect the history of racial segregation." The Rev. Floyd Rose is the founder and senior servant at Serenity Christian, "The perfect church for imperfect people". The Blade/Jetta Fraser
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