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Ohio Civil Rights Leader Passes Away

clevescene.com

Funeral arrangements are pending for a Dayton civil rights icon. 

Reverend Raleigh Trammelldied Thursday at the age of 81.  Trammell was pastor of Central Missionary Baptist Church and an influential leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Trammell was jailed  after being convicted in 2012 of stealing taxpayer money given to the SCLC to feed low-income elderly people.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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