Cameron M. Alexander (February 12, 1932 – December 30, 2018) was an American Baptist minister. He was the leader of the 12,000-member Antioch Baptist Church North and community leader in the English Avenue neighborhood (also known as part of "The Bluff") in Atlanta.[1][2][3][4][5]

In October 2010, Kennedy Street in English Avenue was renamed Cameron M. Alexander Blvd. in his honor.[6]

Rev. Alexander died on December 30, 2018, at age 86.[7]

References

  1. Drew Smith; et al., eds. (30 June 2005). Black Churches and Local Politics: Clergy Influence, Organizational ... Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9780742571730.
  2. Herman Cain (2005). They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and what Republicans ... Stroud & Hall Publishers. ISBN 9780974537603.
  3. Alton Hornsby (2004). Southerners, Too?: Essays on the Black South, 1733-1990. University Press of America. ISBN 9780761828723.
  4. "2012 MLK Day Services: Rev. Dr. Cameron Alexander Speaks".
  5. "Sunday Morning Prasie Church Of The Week Goes To…..Antioch Baptist Church North". CBS Atlanta.
  6. "City of Atlanta online, ordinance 10-O-1420 "AN ORDINANCE TO RENAME KENNEDY STREET NW...TO CAMERON M. ALEXANDER BOULEVARD..."" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  7. Poole, Sheila (December 30, 2018). "Rev. Cameron M. Alexander, longtime senior pastor of Antioch Baptist Church North, dies at 86". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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