The day's event from 12-4pm. It consisted of three panels, each panel had four presenters and a moderator and each panel was assigned the subjects ____(Lorenzo) breakout rooms for Q&A. However our panel departed from what I thought was what we had structured. For some reason, I thought that each speaker would be given 7-10 mins to deliver his/her message after which there would be a Q & A. Professor Intondi decided to go another way. The entire time allotted for our panel was given to him asking us questions. I was very disappointed. I had prepared a presentation for the occasion. When I read his book, “African-Americans against the Bomb” I began to wonder if the format that he had adopted helped him in writing his next book. I must say however that his book was very interesting and informative. I’d like to share significant references from. In the introduction he lays out a brief overview of what his objective is in writing the book. He underscores, contrary to the opinions held in some places by some people, African-Americans were in the peace movement or the nuclear disarmament movement for a long time. Their involvement did not start in 1982. After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Nagasaki African Americans immediately reacted. From 1945 there were many in the African American community who were zealously supporting nuclear disarmament. Even when others no longer were a part of the movement, during the MacArthur year, Blacks were still on the battlefield. Professor Intondi pointed out that as a result of others leaving the fight this allowed the struggle to abolish nuclear weapons to reemerge powerfully in the 70s and beyond. He writes “...Black leaders never gave up the nuclear issue or failed to see its importance; by doing so they broadened the Black Freedom movement and helped to define it in terms of global human rights.” Further he writes, “ While African Americans immediately condemned the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not all of the activists protested for the same reason. For some, race was the issue. Many in the black community agreed with Langston Hughes’s assertion that racism was at the heart of Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons in Japan. Why did the United States not drop atomic bombs on Italy or Germany (community) p.3 P1. Twenty-three years later, on February 6, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. also stepped up to the pulpit to warn against the use of nuclear weapons. Addressing the second mobilization of the Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam,”. I remember the first time in April 1967 when Dr. King spoke for the CALCAV at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, NY. I was there. The Pastor Dr. William Sloane Coffin had been one of the founding organizers of CALCAV. As I have written, I like to feel that maybe I had something to do with Dr. King’s participation with CALCAV. At the mass weekend rally and sit-in in Washington, D.C. in 1965 the leadership was all white. I complained to one of the organizers, Dr. McAfee Brown of Stanford University, “Why are there no National Black leaders involved?” He looked surprised and said something like, “I really don’t know but we gotta fix it.” In his speech at the second mobilization of CALCAV, Dr. King spoke passionately to end the war and claimed that if the USA used nuclear weapons in Vietnam the earth would be transformed into an inferno. Dr. King made it abundantly clear that the Black Freedom Struggle in America and the need for nuclear disarmament were inextricably linked together. He said, “These two issues are tied together in many, many ways. It is a wonderful thing to work to integrate lunch counters, public accommodations, and schools. But it would be rather absurd to work to get schools and lunch counters integrated and not be concerned with the survival of a world in which to integrate. And I am convinced that these two issues are tied inextricably together and I feel that the people who are working for civil rights are working for peace; I feel that the people working for peace are working for civil rights and justice.” Almost fifteen years later, Dr. Intondi continues to write, June 12 1982, nearly one million activists and concerned citizens gathered in New York City for what would become known as the largest antinuclear demonstration in the history of the United States and as far as I know anywhere in the world. And because he references me at this point, I am going to quote directly from the book: “A large contingent of minority groups organized under the Reverend Herbert Daughtry’s National Black United Front was among the thousands of protesters. Marching through Harlem, these activists, including prominent African Americans Harry Belafonte, Chaka Khan, Toni Morrison, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee, demanded an end to the nuclear arms race and shift from defense spending to helping the poor. When asked why they were marching, Dick Gregory responded, “to write the unwritten page of the Constitution, dealing with the right to live free from nuclear terror.” Professor Intondi, made the bold statement, “The black freedom struggle cannot be properly understood without exploring antinuclear campaigns. African Americans' views of nuclear weapons directly influence their response to other international issues. Therefore, examining the African Americans response to the nuclear threat will not only add to the rich body of scholarship dedicated to African Americans and global affairs, but will alter the way we discuss these subjects.” By 1981, the Reagan administration had continued to perpetuate for nuclear arms race by cutting programs that really benefited the poor. Around the world, countries that already possessed nuclear weapons were adding to their arsenals and more nations were seeking to join the nuclear club. At the same time, lifelong activists and concerned citizens mobilized into what was known as the “Nuclear Freeze” campaign. The goal was not to propose any new, elaborate solution to the Cold War. They simply called for a “freeze” on the production, testing and deployment of all nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles.” p. 98 On the West Coast, a massive “we have a dream rally” was held in Pasadena. The event was sponsored by the Alliance for Survival, the Interfaith Committee for the Year of Shalom, and the SCLS, among others. African American mayor of Pasadena Loretta Glickman, actors LaVar Burton, Mike Farrell, and Donna Mills, James Lawson, and President Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis addressed the crowd. Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Graham Nash performed. Addressing the 100,00 in attendance, Jesse Jackson declared, “We shall march until there is no more war and no more weapons. The world faces a critical choice – to freeze weapons or burn the people. We’re not the only nation who ever made an atomic bomb, but we’re the only nation that ever dropped one. We must wake up and tell the world, we must have peace now.” Jackson urged the crowd to “choose life and choose a new president.” p.99 “On the day of the rally, June 12 1982, fifty percent of the leadership was Black.”The other day Charles Barron and I were rehearsing the events of the great event. He, and Michael Amun Ra I called seed, were assigned to the daily struggle with the leadership of the demonstration. They had tried to eliminate or exclude NBUF. Some of the white leaders had used their considerable influence and money to persuade even some of the black leaders to their cause or position and excuse the National Black United Front. But we had secured the territory. They wanted to have the rally in front of the UN and then march to Central Park. We had secured legally the right to have the rally at the UN. They had to eventually open the leadership to allow us full participation. We organized the so-called Third World People and we insisted that we would have one-third of everything – everything meaning, ⅓ promotion, ⅓ program, ⅓ money to be used for the event, etc. I was one of the few if not the only speaker who spoke in front of the United Nations and at Central Park. On the stage at Central Park there was a person who for whatever reason thought he was in charge. Charles Barron and seed threatened to throw him off the stage. It was unnecessary to do so. He quietly took himself to a corner and there he sat and nothing more. Professor Intondi records the experience, he writes “ Indeed, when one white stage manager threatened to squeeze out Third World members toward the end of the day, African American leaders had him removed and replaced by a black manager. Prominent African American participants included Dick Gregory, Chaka Khan, Toni Morrison, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Rita Marley, and Harry Belafonte”.P103 Also participating in Central Park was the House of the Lord Church choir, this is why I believe that every person should write his/her history. I’ve never read a history in which I was involved that all the facts were accurate or mentioned. In all good intentions historians, and scholars being human cannot remember or cannot write all the details and facts about people and events and issues and get it all right. P. 103 There were three quotes I’d like to make reference to: Mrs. Corretta Scott King who declared “ We have come to this great city to protest the nuclear arms race. All of our hopes for equality, for justice, economic security, for a healthy environment, depend on nuclear disarmament. Yes we have come to protest nuclear weapons ” Jack Odell, Operation PUSH, p. 102 …Dr. King today's connections into the movement. Top P.104 Again, because Dr. Intondi referenced me. I am going to continue extensively quoting from his book. “The Third World and progressives

The History and Spirit of the House of the Lord Churches Intro to June 12 weekend The commemoration of the June 12, 1982 weekend, the largest demonstration in history, was a glowing success. All of the events achieved their objective. We will discuss the occasion starting next week. The weekend and days preparing for the weekend were long and grueling with meetings 24/7. Monday the week after there were still other things to do. Partnership of Faith Zoom Meeting We started 8:30-10 am with a Zoom meeting with an organization we started in 1989. The name of the organization was called Partnership of Faith. The issues we discussed were the revitalization of the organization and youth activities. The most notable act that we did was to start the Stop the Violence Movement. In 1990, we organized a week of Stop the Violence with events in every borough. Stop the Violence became widespread and utilized by other organizations. I watched our slogan or watchwords capture our feelings and determination of that time “We’re fired up, Ain't gonna to take it no more”. The streets of Brooklyn and America and reverberated with the thunderous voices of people who meant what they said. Office and Coordination Office work from 12-1:30 pm, we went over the final draft for my book, Reflections on the Pandemic 2020, and an outline of my schedule and responses to phone calls, emails, etc. with LJ Digital Solutions. 1199 Installation of Officers I attended 1199 Installation of Officers, held at the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan. It’s always great being with 1199 union people, especially President George Grisham. 1199 has a history of being involved in the full range of human rights. Most unions only get involved in their issue. It is not so with 1199. We patted ourselves on the back for saving Interfaith Hospital in Brooklyn. We held daily rallies and on occasion all night rallies. The speakers included Bishop Barber who's organizing the Poor People’s Campaign, Mayor Eric Adams, and the State Attorney General, Tish James. Remembering Arthur Miller Jr. I departed the ceremony before the end. I regretted having to do so, but my next meeting was the I Remember Arthur Miller Jr., a virtual meeting. So, I left the meeting and found a quiet parking space on 10th Avenue between 51st and 52nd Street. The meeting lasted from 8-9:30 pm. Minister Lorenzo Daughtry-Chambers, my grandson, was the moderator. I rehearsed the times in which Arthur Miller Jr., was choked to death by the police. We were on the street boycotting because Randy Evans, fifteen years old, had been killed for no reason in November 1976 and at the same time the following year, the jury pretty much acquitted the officer Robert Torsney. We were boycotting the Downtown Brooklyn stores when we heard that Arthur Miller Jr., had been choked to death. We were demonstrating in the evening when we heard Arthur Miller had been killed. We left the demonstration and went to a school and held a rally in the auditorium. The auditorium was packed, Arthur Miller was a model citizen, he was liked and respected by everybody including the police. I promised that Arthur Miller along with Randy Evans would never be forgotten and we would build a movement that would perpetuate their memory and empower our people. Out of that movement gained some of the prominent people in power positions. I’ve already mentioned Mayor Eric Adams. Lolisa Miller-Bradford, the youngest daughter of Arthur Miller, spoke of her growing up without her father. She introduced other members of the family and friends. She spoke of the family foundation- A Daughter Never Forgets Foundation. In addition to the police killings on June 15th Arthur Miller was killed on June 14, 1978, and on the 15th 1978 Victor Rhodes a fifteen-year-old African American youth was almost beaten to death by 30-50 members of the Hasidic community. So with the police brutality, the Hasidic cruelty and special treatment, and other issues it was a challenging time and we had to organize and mobilize to meet the challenge and we did. The National Black United Front which became the internationally recognized preeminent mass-based and independent organization of people of African Ancestry consisting of all of the religious persuasions and ideologies. I spoke at the UN political committee annually. I sat with other liberation organizations, Southwest African People’s Organization (SWAPO), Namibia, the Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe, The African National Congress of South Africa(ANC), the Pan-African Congress (PAC), Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). The weekend commemoration of the 40th anniversary of June 12, 1982, is over. It was an exciting, enlightening, challenging several days. Starting Friday with the Interfaith ceremony at the House of the Lord Church in Brooklyn. There were 35-40 people present. At first, I was disappointed. But it seemed I was the only one disappointed. When it was brought to my attention that the number had quality and competition. It was Stop Gun Violence month. The same weekend was a weekend that others had focused on gun violence. In addition, global issues have never been at the top of most people's list of urgencies, especially people of African Ancestry. Mayor Adams spoke at the ceremony. He was, as usual, very eloquent. I particularly liked the fact that he detailed his involvement in the issues that the church had spearheaded or been deeply involved in. From being a young man at which I encouraged him to join the police force to the issues of police brutalities. Even to assist with security for dignitaries at the church. There were photos that I showed him to his delight. There were other speakers including Rev. Dr. Karen Daughtry of the House of the Lord Church, Bishop Eric Figueroa of New Life Tabernacle, Bishop Orlando Findlayter, New Hope Christian Fellowship, Imam Talib Abdur Rashid, Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood Inc., Reverend Dr. Allen Hand Sr of Little Rock Baptist Church, Reverend Gilford Monrose, Leslie Cagan, coordinator for the June 12, 1982, Committee. Also in attendance was Minister Gregory Daughtry of the House of the Lord Church in Jersey City. The ceremony concluded with prayer and the blowing of the shofar (the ram’s horn). United Nations Ceremony The police led our car caravan to a special parking place along the street at Dag Hammerschel plaza. We gathered at the Isaiah Wall across the street from the United Nations on First Avenue between 41st and 42nd streets. It is called the Isaiah Wall because of Isaiah the prophet “And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” Officially the name is Dr. Ralph Bunch. Dr. Ralph Bunch was an African American who gained fame in resolving the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land. We heard the prayers of every minister, then we had a photo session up the steps, along the wall, where the quote is written. Thus ended the first day of our 3-day commemoration of the 40th anniversary of June 12. We sought to have a meeting with the President of the General Assembly, Abdullah Sahid but because of emergencies, he was called away. We continued to look for an agreeable date and the names of the delegation, in the process of submitting the names of persons who will be in the delegation. Following is a letter I wrote to President Sahid. Prayer to the Creator and Appeal to the Leaders of the World Friday, June 3, 2022 We, the peace-loving peoples of the world, fervently desire peace and goodwill in and among the nations of the world. We are profoundly concerned regarding the war in Ukraine and plead for a speedy, mutually beneficial agreement. We tremble with fear, lest the war's continuation may result in a widening that would include other nations and the introduction of nuclear weapons. We pray and plead that all nations, where there is the potential of conflict or war, for dialogue and successful negotiations; that the United Nations be utilized more fully to accomplish its primary purpose, for which it was established, a place where the nations of the world would gather in peaceful respectful interactions wherever there was danger of conflict or war. Moreover, not only when there was danger of war, but that the nations would learn to live together as one human family. In some cities across the world, seemingly they have been infected with the war virus. In the USA massacres are happening daily, hatred, violence, and killings are the order of the day. Concomitantly, hunger and homelessness, nakedness, disease, physical challenges of every description, and desperately inadequate, understaffed dilapidated hospitals are pervasive across the globe. Our own mother nature seems to be angry with us as though we have done something wrong to her. It is a melancholy consideration that the land, resources, energy, creativity, and human toil that we put into the world’s militaries could heal and fix most, if not all, the aforementioned problems. Just last Thursday, June 1st, 2022 the Congress of the United States approved 40 billion dollars which total of 54 billion dollars that have been spent in Ukraine since March 2022. In approximately four months, America alone will have spent and will spend up to 54 billion dollars. Now, add what the other nations have spent including Russia, and then it becomes reasonable that as stated, the ills of the world could be eradicated. This is a great big beautiful world that the Creator has made for us, ALL OF US, to live in peace and happiness with one another. Let us hasten the day, (let us start today) fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah written on the stone walls across the street. “They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” Micah 4:3 Surely the peace-loving people of the world will shout out with one voice, “A consummation devoutly to be wished.” We have no choice, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who issued an Armageddon threat, “we must learn to live as brothers or die as fools”.

The day's event from 12-4pm. It consisted of three panels, each panel had four presenters and a moderator and each panel was assigned the subjects ____(Lorenzo) breakout rooms for Q&A. However our panel departed from what I thought was what we had structured. For some reason, I thought that each speaker would be given 7-10 mins to deliver his/her message after which there would be a Q & A. Professor Intondi decided to go another way. The entire time allotted for our panel was given to him asking us questions. I was very disappointed. I had prepared a presentation for the occasion. When I read his book, “African-Americans against the Bomb” I began to wonder if the format that he had adopted helped him in writing his next book. I must say however that his book was very interesting and informative. I’d like to share significant references from. In the introduction he lays out a brief overview of what his objective is in writing the book. He underscores, contrary to the opinions held in some places by some people, African-Americans were in the peace movement or the nuclear disarmament movement for a long time. Their involvement did not start in 1982. After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Nagasaki African Americans immediately reacted. From 1945 there were many in the African American community who were zealously supporting nuclear disarmament. Even when others no longer were a part of the movement, during the MacArthur year, Blacks were still on the battlefield. Professor Intondi pointed out that as a result of others leaving the fight allowed the struggle to abolish nuclear weapons to reemerge powerfully in the 70s and beyond. He writes “...Black leaders never gave up the nuclear issue or failed to see its importance; by doing so they broadened the Black Freedom movement and helped to define it in terms of global human rights.” Further, he writes, “ While African Americans immediately condemned the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not all of the activists protested for the same reason. For some, race was the issue. Many in the black community agreed with Langston Hughes’s assertion that racism was at the heart of Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons in Japan. Why did the United States not drop atomic bombs on Italy or Germany (community) p.3 P1. Twenty-three years later, on February 6, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. also stepped up to the pulpit to warn against the use of nuclear weapons. Addressing the second mobilization of the Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam,”. I remember the first time in April 1967 when Dr. King spoke for the CALCAV at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, NY. I was there. The Pastor Dr. William Sloane Coffin had been one of the founding organizers of CALCAV. As I have written, I like to feel that maybe I had something to do with Dr. King’s participation with CALCAV. At the mass weekend rally and sit-in in Washington, D.C. in 1965 the leadership was all white. I complained to one of the organizers, Dr. McAfee Brown of Stanford University, “Why are there no National Black leaders involved?” He looked surprised and said something like, “I really don’t know but we gotta fix it.” In his speech at the second mobilization of CALCAV, Dr. King spoke passionately to end the war and claimed that if the USA used nuclear weapons in Vietnam the earth would be transformed into an inferno. Dr. King made it abundantly clear that the Black Freedom Struggle in America and the need for nuclear disarmament were inextricably linked together. He said, “These two issues are tied together in many, many ways. It is a wonderful thing to work to integrate lunch counters, public accommodations, and schools. But it would be rather absurd to work to get schools and lunch counters integrated and not be concerned with the survival of a world in which to integrate. And I am convinced that these two issues are tied inextricably together and I feel that the people who are working for civil rights are working for peace; I feel that the people working for peace are working for civil rights and justice.” Almost fifteen years later, Dr. Intondi continues to write, June 12 1982, nearly one million activists and concerned citizens gathered in New York City for what would become known as the largest antinuclear demonstration in the history of the United States and as far as I know anywhere in the world. And because he references me at this point, I am going to quote directly from the book: “A large contingent of minority groups organized under the Reverend Herbert Daughtry’s National Black United Front was among the thousands of protesters. Marching through Harlem, these activists, including prominent African Americans Harry Belafonte, Chaka Khan, Toni Morrison, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee, demanded an end to the nuclear arms race and shift from defense spending to helping the poor. When asked why they were marching, Dick Gregory responded, “to write the unwritten page of the Constitution, dealing with the right to live free from nuclear terror.” Professor Intondi, made the bold statement, “The black freedom struggle cannot be properly understood without exploring antinuclear campaigns. African Americans' views of nuclear weapons directly influence their response to other international issues. Therefore, examining the African Americans response to the nuclear threat will not only add to the rich body of scholarship dedicated to African Americans and global affairs, but will alter the way we discuss these subjects.” By 1981, the Reagan administration had continued to perpetuate for nuclear arms race by cutting programs that really benefited the poor. Around the world, countries that already possessed nuclear weapons were adding to their arsenals and more nations were seeking to join the nuclear club. At the same time, lifelong activists and concerned citizens mobilized into what was known as the “Nuclear Freeze” campaign. The goal was not to propose any new, elaborate solution to the Cold War. They simply called for a “freeze” on the production, testing and deployment of all nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles.” p. 98 On the West Coast, a massive “we have a dream rally” was held in Pasadena. The event was sponsored by the Alliance for Survival, the Interfaith Committee for the Year of Shalom, and the SCLS, among others. African American mayor of Pasadena Loretta Glickman, actors LaVar Burton, Mike Farrell, and Donna Mills, James Lawson, and President Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis addressed the crowd. Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Graham Nash performed. Addressing the 100,00 in attendance, Jesse Jackson declared, “We shall march until there is no more war and no more weapons. The world faces a critical choice – to freeze weapons or burn the people. We’re not the only nation who ever made an atomic bomb, but we’re the only nation that ever dropped one. We must wake up and tell the world, we must have peace now.” Jackson urged the crowd to “choose life and choose a new president.” p.99 “On the day of the rally, June 12 1982, fifty percent of the leadership was Black.”The other day Charles Barron and I were rehearsing the events of the great event. He, and Michael Amun Ra I called seed, were assigned to the daily struggle with the leadership of the demonstration. They had tried to eliminate or exclude NBUF. Some of the white leaders had used their considerable influence and money to persuade even some of the black leaders to their cause or position and excuse the National Black United Front. But we had secured the territory. They wanted to have the rally in front of the UN and then march to Central Park. We had secured legally the right to have the rally at the UN. They had to eventually open the leadership to allow us full participation. We organized the so-called Third World People and we insisted that we would have one-third of everything – everything meaning, ⅓ promotion, ⅓ program, ⅓ money to be used for the event, etc. I was one of the few if not the only speaker who spoke in front of the United Nations and at Central Park. On the stage at Central Park there was a person who for whatever reason thought he was in charge. Charles Barron and seed threatened to throw him off the stage. It was unnecessary to do so. He quietly took himself to a corner and there he sat and nothing more. Professor Intondi records the experience, he writes “ Indeed, when one white stage manager threatened to squeeze out Third World members toward the end of the day, African American leaders had him removed and replaced by a black manager. Prominent African American participants included Dick Gregory, Chaka Khan, Toni Morrison, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Rita Marley, and Harry Belafonte”.P103 Also participating in Central Park was the House of the Lord Church choir, this is why I believe that every person should write his/her history. I’ve never read a history in which I was involved that all the facts were accurate or mentioned. In all good intentions historians, and scholars being human cannot remember or cannot write all the details and facts about people and events and issues and get it all right. P. 103 There were three quotes I’d like to make reference to: Mrs. Corretta Scott King who declared “ We have come to this great city to protest the nuclear arms race. All of our hopes for equality, for justice, economic security, for a healthy environment, depend on nuclear disarmament. Yes we have come to protest nuclear weapons ” Jack Odell, Operation PUSH, p. 102 …Dr. King today's connections into the movement. Top P.104 Again, because Dr. Intondi referenced me. I am going to continue extensively quoting from his book. “The Third World and progressives

On May 15, 2022, I attended the prayer vigil held for the victims of mass shootings in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX. It was held at the Bethel Gospel Assembly in Harlem. The Massacre in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX and there have been others and in all probability there will continue to be more. I have often been asked if the violence today is different from the violence of yesteryear. My answer is that it is the same yet different. It is more pervasive and diverse. There has always been violence against people of African Ancestry far surpassing the violence today. What makes the violence different today or at this time is the pervasiveness. No corner of the country is untouched and the violence is widely diverse. Recently in Brooklyn a mother was accused of killing her baby. In Brooklyn, not long ago, a subway of people was sprayed with bullets and smoke by a lone gunman. In New Jersey, a man was accused of chasing and running down a woman in his car. Youth violence is just as pervasive, it seems that everybody has a weapon and everybody seems to be on edge, ready to fight, shoot, knife, in other words everyone seems to be eager to hurt or to kill in some fashion. What is the cause? We cannot say that all of the violence is directly related to racism. It may be that the hatred for people of African Ancestry might've sown the seeds that have brought forth the diversity and pervasiveness of the violence today. But the reason surely is not only racism, but it might be something equal to racism. It is the absence of respect or appreciation, in other words the general feeling that we are all human. Also, the absence of respect for American institutions; judiciary, press, government, etc. And what has fed into what we are presently living in a time where what used to be respected no longer has that quality. Even the institutions in America are no longer respected or seen as helpers, especially the needy. The political system has not always been viewed as perfect. Yet, there was a general consensus that there was enough fairness to concede, that whoever wins an election deserves to serve. Nowadays the political system is open to suspicion by just about everybody. Whoever won, did it unfairly, cheated, used underhanded methods. So the country is deeply divided and the election system is being fought over for control, employing all kinds of methods. Even the medical system is distrusted by many. As we went through and are going through the covid time, the credibility of scientists and doctors were seen as enemies by the highest authorities in the land. The school system relative to curriculum has become a political football. Churches, synagogues and/or religious institutions have become targets of hatred. So there are no authorities or systems or traditions that can put breaks or a stop over the pervasive hatred. Inevitably the situation is going to lead to violence. Everybody says he/she wants to do something about it. But everybody goes his/her own way. What is clear is that each one needs to search his/her heart and be the person they want others to be. Someone has said, “be the person you want to see changing the world.” But deeper than the reasons of violence than what has already been discussed is behind it all is a spiritual reality. The Bible says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12 KJV So how do we engage in the struggle against spiritual realities? Well the Bible gives us an answer in putting on the whole armor of God. The Bible teaches the weapons of our warfare are faith, prayer and the word of God, the Holy Bible. And I might add, as the songwriter put it, “Love, mercy and good deeds”. When I think of the massacre in Buffalo, I think of Arthur Eve. Arthur Eve was Deputy Speaker for the New York State Legislature. He was highly regarded and effective as a legislator. One day in 1977, I took a busload of members from my church to Albany, the capital of New York to witness the legislators in action. While there, Arthur Eve said to me, “I am going to run for the Mayor of Buffalo, come up and help me.” I responded, “I’ll be there” and I was. Arthur Eve did throw his proverbial hat in the ring. We did go up to help him, on two occasions I took busloads. On our first occasion, we departed our church in Brooklyn, NY around midnight and we arrived in Buffalo, NY about 6:30a.m and we hit the ground registering people to vote. We succeeded in helping to give Arthur Eve the measure of votes he needed to win the Democratic primary. The second time we came, he simply added to the total number we had previously counted. Plus we took our choir, in addition to doing the political work we also provided the religious fervor. We were so committed to the campaign of Arthur Eve, that I spent a week in his home. I lived with his family, wife and two children. Each morning we would arise and start campaigning or strategizing or meeting with potential supporters. We walked the streets together, we visited crowded hangouts, bars, saloons, pool rooms, restaurants, etc. On the night of the election we waited in the hotel as the votes came in. At first, Arthur Eve was way behind, strikingly similar to President Biden’s situation. I remember staying up at night watching the election results of the presidential race and it seemed at first that President Biden was going down in defeat. Mr. Biden sensing that the people might become disillusioned, and turn off their televisions, he held a press conference to encourage people not to give up. The states that were democratically learning had not been counted. Similarly, the same thing happened in Buffalo. It seemed that the election was so far in the favor for Art’s opponent that defeat was certain. Then suddenly Art says, “We’ve got to get to the headquarters to tell the people don’t leave. Our districts have not yet been counted.” The campaign workers and supporters were watching the results from the special campaign headquarters. We jumped in the car and rushed over to where they were assembled. Arthur Eve spoke to the crowd and told them, “Don’t go anywhere, stay where you are. And he named the districts that had not been counted.” And he said, “these districts are our districts and have not been counted yet. Let us wait.” When the final count came in he was right, he won the Democratic primary. I wish we could end the story on that happy victorious note. However, the racism in Buffalo that denied him the general election is the same climate today. The racism in Buffalo and in other places that bring about the massacres. For a while, we basked in celebrating our victory. We drove to the communities, especially white communities. We graciously thanked the people for voting for Arthur Eve. Arthur had begun to act as if he were the mayor. He talked about his plans and he was even invited to the White House by Jimmy Carter. It was a celebration throughout Buffalo, then came the general election and those white folks in Buffalo voted to reelect Mayor Henry Smith who was a democrat and Arthur Eve had defeated him in the Democratic primary. Buffalo has been a democratic city for as long as anybody could remember. Mayor Smith decided he would run as an independent, rather than concede the victory to Arthur Eve. He ran and he won. Arthur Eve and all of us. But especially Arthur Eve was stunned. I don’t think that he ever got over it. He was a different man thereafter. His son and daughter who were little children when I stayed at the home are now successful in their careers. Now in Buffalo there is a Black mayor, Byron Brown. We see the ambiguities and complexities of our existence in the United States. On the one hand, we experience racism and all of its hideous manifestations and then we see what we call progress. The racism that denied a worthy Black man the mayoral seat in time brought to the mayoral seat a black man. Yet, in the city of a Black mayor and powerful Black people cannot stop a gunman from murdering 10 people. I will never forget Arthur Eve and the time we spent campaigning together. At the same time Percy Sutton was running in New York for Mayor, so we divided up our time, our energy, our resources between Buffalo and NY. Today we have a Black mayor in New York, Mayor Eric Adams, who by the way I influenced his career by encouraging him to join the police force and mentoring him along the way. And again, in Buffalo New York we have a Black Mayor. To be continued…

The History and Spirit of the House of the Lord Churches Reverend Daughtry has traveled and lectured extensively around the world. In keeping with his concern for global human rights and self-determination, he has participated in dozens of international conferences and conventions, such as: United Nations Sanctions against South Africa In 1981, he participated in a conference on sanctions against South Africa. The conference was sponsored by the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. It was held in Paris, France. He has helped to organize and has participated in marches and demonstrations in different parts of the world. On two occasions, The Reverend has spoken at the United Nations political subcommittee meetings regarding South African apartheid, Cuba, the Middle East, and the state of U.S. Civil rights. In addition, he has participated in several conferences: World Council of Churches (WCC) In 1974, he participated in a 3-year study sponsored by the WCC to discuss issues facing the global faith community. The conferences were held in various parts of the world, Saigon, Vietnam, India, with a week retreat of study and reflections at the Theological Institute in Bossey, Switzerland. The conference concluded in Bangkok, Thailand. Sixth Pan African Conference In 1976, the Reverend was a delegate to the Sixth Pan African Conference (PAC) held in Tanzania, Africa after which he visited Uganda, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Geneva, Switzerland. Journey to Northern Ireland In 1982, Rev. Daughtry was a member of the delegation that visited Ireland in support of the “HUNGER STRIKERS” in Northern Ireland. Irish leaders had decided to go on a hunger strike even to their death in the quest for independence. At the same time of the Irish visit he was invited to the German Democratic Republic (which is no longer in existence) While in Northern Ireland , in addition to meeting with leadership and the people, he helped send Clairborne, the eminent filmmaker produce the film, “The Black and the Green” The Mo’ Better Jaguars win National Championship In 2000, Reverend Daughtry became involved with the Pop Warner Little League Football team, called the Mo’ Better Jaguars. The Reverend acted as spiritual advisor and also gave advice on the game of football. He effectuate a meeting with the young football players and the New York Jets. In 2001, the Jaguars won the National Football Championship in Orlando, FL. The Reverend Daughtry has led innumerable delegations in travel around the world, to places as diverse as Israel, Ireland, and Iraq. Peace Mission to Iraq In 1991, Reverend Daughtry gained the distinction of being the first black Pentecostal minister to give the invocation in the U.S. House of Representatives. That same evening after the prayer, President George H.W. Bush ended the war in Iraq. As a result, Reverend Daughtry's invocation has been called "the prayer that ended the war." In 2003, the Reverend organized and led a multi-faith, multiracial delegation to Iraq in a last, desperate appeal for peace. New York State Task Force In 2009, New York Governor David Paterson appointed Reverend Daughtry to serve on a nine- member State Task Force on police-killing-police. Hearings, consultations, and conferences were held with a goal of developing legislation on police conduct. American Delegation to South Africa In 2010, Reverend Daughtry was a member of an American delegation to South Africa to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison, delivering the sermon at the opening event. During the Clinton Administration, Reverend Daughtry was among a select group of religious leaders from across the United States to be invited to meet with the President at periodic breakfasts held at the White House. Reverend Daughtry has lectured at Harvard University School of Divinity, the Union Theological Seminary, and the New York Theological Seminary. He was one of the principal lecturers at the 150th Anniversary of the Virginia Theological Seminary, and his lecture, "A Theology of Black Liberation: The Who, What and How," was published in the school's journal. He has spoken to countless community and civic associations, high schools, colleges, and universities, and has been interviewed extensively for a variety of media outlets. Reverend Daughtry is a prolific author, writing weekly columns for the New York Daily Challenge, and contributing to other leading publications such as The New York Times, the Amsterdam News, and the Bergen Record. His book, No Monopoly on Suffering: Blacks and Jews in Crown Heights and Elsewhere, published in 1997 with a foreword by Dr. Cornel West, gives a chronology of the creation of movements in Brooklyn and serves as a guide for the empowerment of any people. Among his other books are My Beloved Community: Effectual Prayer, and Dear 2pac: Letters to a Son, Remembering Afeni Shakur, In My Lifetime: Towards the Presidency of Barack Obama, published by Africa World Press. Made to Master: Tapping the Power Within, Made to Master: Weekly Practices for the Mastery of Life, Volume II Self-published volumes include South Africa Reader; A Theology of Reparation and Liberation, The Life and Times of the People's Pastor: 1980- 1990, Press Reports; and, Visiting Darfurian Refugee Camp and Conferring with Darfurian Leaders: A Pictorial Account. For over 30 years, Reverend Daughtry was the host and principal speaker on a weekly radio program airing Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. on New York City's WWRL-AM. Further, Reverend Daughtry made a cameo appearance in Spike Lee’s 1990 movie, “Mo’ Better Blues.” Among the numerous citations and awards, Reverend Daughtry has received honorary doctorate degrees from Seton Hall University (1980) and the State University of New York, College of Old Westbury (1992). Additionally, he has received citations, resolutions, and proclamations from the U.S. Congress, the New York State Legislature, the key to Jersey City, NJ, and the New York City Council in honor of his many years of service to humanity. Reverend Daughtry is married to Reverend Dr. Karen Smith Daughtry. They have four adult children, Leah, Sharon, Dawnique and Herbert, Jr; Rev. Daughtry has three grandsons, Lorenzo, Herbert III, Myles and two great-grandchildren, Lauren Joy and Alexander.

May 25, 2022 The History and Spirit of the House of the Lord Churches 1980s-1990s The founding convention of the National Black United Front (NBUF) was held in Brooklyn, New York in June 1980. Delegates from 35 states and 5 foreign countries were present, convening the widest representation of religious persuasion and political ideology. Reverend Daughtry was elected NBUF's first National Chairman; the following year, he was re-elected and remained in that position until his resignation in 1986. Conference in Managua, Nicaragua, 1982 The Reverend was invited by the leadership of the The Sandinista National Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) in Nicaragua the FDR and the FDLN in El Salvador to assist in forming a unity and funds. Reverend Daughtry made two major speeches regarding the war in Central America. On May 1991 and March 27, 1982 his speeches “Struggling Against Madness” and “What’s Going On?” respectively was printed and widely circulated. The speeches were made in Washington, DC and drew tens of thousands. Also, he was the Founder and President of the African People's Christian Organization (APCO) in 1982. APCO was initiated with the purpose of building an African Christian Movement and emphasizing Afro-centricity and Biblical Christianity in the context of advancing human rights and self-determination. Global Disarmament Rally Convened in New York City On June 12, 1982, Reverend Daughtry was a key organizer in the million participant rallies held in front of the United Nations and Central Park. Prominent leaders from every field of endeavor, from all across the world attended the event. Not only did the Reverend play a key role in that he organized the contingent of third world participants which he named, Third-World Progressive People Coalition. The massive turnout represented the peoples of the world desire for nuclear disarmament. The Organization of African Unity Invite The Reverend was extended an official invitation to attend the Organization of African Unity (OAU) conference on two occasions, 1981 in Nairobi, Kenya and 1982 in Tripoli, Libya. The official invitation is considered one of the high marks of recognition by the 50 African countries that make up the OAU. Not many African American leaders have been awarded the prestigious invite. New York Yankee Community Foundation (NYCF) 1982, Dr. Daughtry was a founding member of the NYCF that funded community organizations. After tension between the New York Yankees and the Bronx community, resulting from negative remarks regarding the community. Rev. Daughtry, Laura Blackburn and Dr. Roscoe Brown, met with Mr. George Steinbriner, President of the New York Yankees. Mr. Steinbriner agreed to establish a New York Yankee Community Foundation to fund community organizations. Families of Victims Against Violence (FOVAV), he founded FOVAV in 1982 which supported the families whose loved ones have been killed by violence. Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (BLCA) November 1987, Reverend Daughtry was a founding member of the BLCA and he was among the first to warn of the danger of AIDS. Association of Brooklyn Clergy for Community Development (ABCCD) 1988 In the late 80s, he also chaired the Association of Brooklyn Clergy for Community Development, which built and renovated more than 500 units of housing for low- and middle-income families in Brooklyn. New York Citywide African-American Clergy and Elected Officials (AACEO) 1989 Reverend Daughtry was a founding chair of AACEO, which played a major role in the election of the first African American mayor of New York City, the Honorable David Dinkins. Dr. Daughtry continued as Chair until he resigned in 1996. 2000s The Downtown Brooklyn Neighborhood Alliance (DBNA) 2000 Reverend Daughtry founded and chaired DBNA. DBNA was one of the handful of community leaders working with Forest City Ratner Companies to bring to Brooklyn a 19,000 seat arena to house the New York Nets basketball team. This $5 billion project also includes 16 high rises buildings for residential, commercial, and office space. Reverend Daughtry was instrumental in the creation of the landmark Community Benefits Agreement that ensures delivery of a wide variety of services to the Brooklyn community. In addition an intergenerational initiative – including a day care, a youth center, and a seniors center, and a community foundation from which annually give grants to grassroots community foundations, in addition to housing opportunities for low and middle income New Yorkers, construction jobs allocated for minorities and women, and thousands of other employment opportunities. And even a meditation room, the only one in an arena in the country. Most importantly, the negotiated package, a state-of-the-art health facility, after serious deliberation among health providers it was decided that New York Presbyterian in collaboration with the Brooklyn Methodist Hospital would be the health providers in a state-of-the-art health facility. In 2005, to emphasize issues related to health, Reverend Daughtry walked from Brooklyn, New York to Washington, D.C, retracing the path of the Underground Railroad in conjunction with Million More Movement. National Religious Leaders of African Ancestry Concerned about Darfur (NRLAA) 2005 He is the founding Chair of the NRLAA. He participated in a march from Belgium to the International Criminal Court in Hague, Netherlands to encourage the Court to accelerate the indictment for Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir. Months later, the court did indict Al-Bashir, the president of Sudan and members of his administration. Since 2006, the Reverend has made several visits to the refugee camps of Darfur. He has met with government, religious, civil, and resistance leaders. As a result of his efforts, he was invited to Juba, South Sudan, to meet with all Darfurian leaders to assist them in forging a united front. Reverend Daughtry has been similarly active in the arena of electoral politics. He has advised dozens of campaigns and elected officials, and has actively worked for the election of many. In the 70s, he played a major role as advisor and fundraiser of: The 1977 Mayoral Campaign of Percy Sutton in New York City. Similarly, he played the same role for the Mayoral candidacy of Arthur Eve in Buffalo, New York 1977. Reverend supported Congressman Major Owens and Ed Towns for Congress. In 1983, Reverend Jackson asked Rev. Daughtry and Al Vann to lead the prominent black leaders if he should decide to run for the presidency. In the 1984 Presidential campaign of Reverend Jesse Jackson, Reverend Daughtry served as Reverend Jackson's special assistant and confidant, and was a member of Jackson's National campaign committee. After the election the two men continued to fight for human rights, traveling extensively. In 1986, they went on a European trip. They conferred with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican and with Bishop Rumcie in Canterbury, England. Their primary purpose was to urge the two religious leaders to take a vigorous stand in support of the freedom of Nelson Mandela and South Africa. In 1992, Dr. Daughtry was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention. He served on the Credentials Committee. (In 2008 and 2016, Rev Leah Daughtry made history by becoming the first person to become CEO of both conventions in Denver, CO and Philadelphia, PA) To be continued…

The History and Spirit of the House of the Lord Churches 415 Atlantic Avenue I feel compelled to relate how we came to 415 Atlantic Avenue. I have mentioned Reverend Clarence Williams and how he introduced me to Operation Breadbasket. It was during a meeting at Operation Breadbasket that another minister mentioned the church on Atlantic Avenue. We had been looking at another church on Monroe Street in Brooklyn. We thought it was ideal, the seating capacity was about 300 and it had a gym upstairs and it was a church building. We put our money down as a binder. When we returned to close the deal, the owners found a loophole in the clause in the contract that allowed them to refuse the agreement. I was despondent and confused. How could God allow this to happen? The church seemed so perfect for our needs. For months I was in a state of confusion, despondency, bewilderment and dejection. Then at one of our Saturday morning breadbasket meetings, I was told by one of the ministers about Atlantic Avenue. Immediately we got in touch with the Bishop of the church. Yes, the church was for sale. It was $50,000 dollars. This was $15,000 less than what we would have paid for the Monroe Street church. In addition, it was ideally located for our kind of holistic ministry. It was in walking distance to all the centers of power and influence i.e. the thriving Downtown Brooklyn business community was several blocks away on Fulton Street. The Borough President’s office was only six or seven blocks. The headquarters of the Board of Education was even less than four or five blocks away at the time. City Hall was a quart of a mile away – across the Brooklyn bridge and Warren Street was a few minutes' walk from City Hall. In thirty minutes, we could walk from our church to any one of these points I mentioned. And then it was accessible, easy to convey directions, from anywhere in the world. Again, I learned a lesson that I thought I had learned. Trust God no matter what the situation appears to be. God works in all things for the good, according to the Scripture which tells us “God will make everything work for the good, for them that love God and to them that are the called according to his purpose.” Once we settled into 415 Atlantic Avenue, our church began to grow in numbers and influence. In the following, I tell the story of my life in times and our church's growth and influence: HERBERT DANIEL DAUGHTRY SR., The Reverend Dr. Herbert Daughtry hails from a family which has produced six generations of Black church leaders. Born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised on the streets of Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City, New Jersey, Reverend Daughtry has risen to positions of national and international prominence. More than 66 years of involvement in church and community, national and international service has earned him the title, "The People's Pastor." After serving for 61 years, Dr. Daughtry resigned in 2019 as the National Presiding Minister of The House of the Lord Churches. The Reverend Leah Daughtry, the eldest daughter of the Reverend Dr. Herbert and Karen Daughtry became the National Presiding Minister. However, the Reverend still remains active in the church; local, national, and global affairs. He is presently the Founder and President of the Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries. Reverend Daughtry's long career of activism began with the civil rights struggles in the late 1950s. In collaboration with the: Brooklyn Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Welfare Rights Mothers (WRM) Youth In Action (YIA), an anti-poverty program in Brooklyn. In the beginning of the war against poverty initiated by President Kennedy and continued by President Lyndon Johnson, Reverend Daughtry was one of the early organizers. He was Vice Chairman of Youth in Action, one of the first and most important anti-poverty programs. 1960s Brooklyn Operation Breadbasket (BOB) 1962, the economic arm of the Southern Christian Leadership conference, founded and headed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Reverend Herbert played a key role first in the fight for integration for the schools, later he was a founding member of The Clergy Vigil which now fought for community control of schools. 1970s The year 1975, in his ever widening attempt to reach all parts of the human family, Dr. Daughtry commenced the ministry to the New York Jets football team. He was introduced to the coaches and team by the late renowned Evangelist Tom Skinner. He continued association with some of the players for many years thereafter. In 1976, as a result of the killing of 15-year-old Randolph Evans by a New York City police officer. Reverend Daughtry became a major force in organizing the Coalition of Concerned Leaders and Citizens to Save Our Youth. The group used economic boycotts to win jobs and services for the Black community from merchants in downtown Brooklyn. Their effort resulted in the establishment of the Randolph Evans Memorial Scholarship Fund (REMSF) in 1978 and continued until the present. And the Randolph Evans Memorial Crisis Fund, and numerous other initiatives. Alonzo Daughtry Memorial Family Life Services, Inc, (ADMFLS) He is one of the founding members of ADMFLS, which serves the needs of the community through innovative programming such as Project Enlightenment, an AIDS educational program. The Alonzo Daughtry Memorial Day Care Center, Inc. (ADMDC) He was a founding member which provides early childhood education under the motto, “Nurturing and Educating the Leaders of Tomorrow." Commission on African Solidarity (COAS) 1977, as a Pan-Africanist the Reverend prioritized in his ministry, unity among people of African Ancestry. He formed the Commision on African Solidarity. One of its major accomplishments was a fundraiser for example Zimbabwe African Peoples Unity (ZAPU). The check was presented to Mr. Joshua Nkomo at the House of the Lord church in 1977. Mr. Nkomo was not only the president of ZAPU but he was considered the Godfather of the Southern Africa Liberation. The Coalition of Concerned Leaders and Citizens to Save our Youth evolved into the New York Metropolitan Black United Front in July 1978. The success of the New York Black United Front inspired the call for a national organization. In both organizations he is still actively involved. To be continued…

In Washington D.C. Rally Our next event for the day was in Washington, D.C. but, unbelievably, there were no cars to be leased. Our delegation had decided to rent a car. Again we had the competition of gun violence. We believed that that was the cause or at least one of the causes for all the cars being leased. It was reported that hundreds of thousands were in Washington for the gun rally. We learned later that even the equipment people charged with setting up the sound system were trapped in that huge crowd and the rally had to be delayed. I would like to interject here that we, the organizers of June 12th, saw no dichotomy between gun violence in the streets of America and war abroad, they were connected we felt. We had scheduled a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue, in front of the White House. Not to be defeated, I spoke to the rally via conference call. I was told that my message was clear and convincing. I made some of the same points that I expressed at NAN. One of the main subjects that were different was the military budget and the threat of nuclear war. While I addressed these issues, as I stated, I put more emphasis on these two issues. I should point out that the rally in Washington was organized by the Hiroshima Nagasaki committee. I have pointed out in other places that they were exceptionally supportive on the original June 12, 1982. There were racists who sought to exclude us. Primarily the National Black United Front. We organized Third-World People into a Third-World people progressive alliance. I traveled to various cities telling people what happened with the organizers of June 12th. One of the cities I visited was Washington D.C. I met Mr. John Steinbach. He set up meetings with organizations spearheaded by The HN Washington D.C. area committee. After hearing my story they agreed to support us. They brought over 31 buses to the rally in NY on the day of the rally June 12th. I always felt gratitude to John Steinbach for his generous support. We met nine times in our organizing for the Washington, D.C. event. We had 9 weekly zoom sessions. Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry Sr., Honorable Sirs and Madams, As Emeritus National Presiding Prelate of the House of the Lord Churches and Chairman of the National Black United Front and at the present Founding President of the Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries, with profound praise, appreciation, and gratitude. I wish to convey our congratulations to the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee (HNPC) on its 40th Anniversary. For four decades you have not faltered nor failed to fulfill the vision of your founders, Louise Franklin- Ramirez and Josephine Butler: “let us work unceasingly to establish a just peace to oppose militarism, and to completely dismantle all nuclear weapons, that the world's children will be free of the threat of nuclear war and share and enjoy the beneficent and bountiful future.” Let me say at this point we, The Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries share the vision of your founders. We work, advocate, and pray for a world in which all enjoy freedom, justice, and equality where there is quality education, health services, and meaningful employment for all in a world of sustainable energy, nuclear disarmament, and peace between nations and individuals. The world is indebted to you for all that you have done and are doing. I tremble to think where we humans would be — if we would be at all— if there had been no Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee and likeminded organizations and individuals who have been in the struggle for lo these many years, and have declared they will be in the struggle until the end. Especially with all the emphasis I can command, on behalf of the Third World Progressive Committee, we owe you and we are deeply indebted to the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee. In 1981/82 when world leaders were convening in a great global demand for the disarmament of nuclear weapons, there were powerful racists who sought to block the participation of the National Black United Front which I headed at the time. But, because we had secured the permit for the sites that they wished to hold their demonstrations they were forced to deal with us. We expanded our original group to include all so-called “third world people”. We named the group the Third World Progressive Committee and commenced the hard work of deepening and increasing our coalition. We became an integral part of the Internal Leadership of the Disarmament Committee. We demanded and received ⅓ of all the Disarmament Committee activities. ⅓ of progressive people participated in the program and ⅓ of the budget for promotion and other expenses. I called John Steinbach and asked him to arrange a meeting for me to speak to the Washington D.C area HNPC. To the eternal credit of John, he effectuated my request. We journeyed to Washington, D.C. I spoke to the members of the HNPC. I gave them an update on what was happening in the International Disarmament Committee and how we were organizing. The HNPC wholeheartedly endorsed our efforts and became members of a Third World Progressive Committee and helped us in our organizing work. For the event, on June 12, 1982, they brought three busloads to New York. The event will always be remembered as the greatest peace disarmament rally ever held. Over one million people from across the world came to New York for the nuclear disarmament rallies and demonstrations. I spoke twice, first in front of the United Nations then we marched to Central Park where we continued the rally. And again I was asked to address the rally. I WANT TO MAKE A PROPOSAL THAT WE COMMENCE ORGANIZING IMMEDIATELY FOR NEXT YEAR'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT RALLY EVER HELD. May God bless our efforts and allow us to see the day in the words of the Holy Scriptures of the Christian faith. “God shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.” Isaiah 2:4

The History and Spirit of the House of the Lord Churches 1393 Pacific Street After two years of pastoring 2024 Fulton St, we moved to 1393 Pacific St. It was a giant step for us. We still had only a few people. Our membership had increased from fielders to 10 adults. But there was a goodly number of youth, mostly preteens about 20-25. We had secured them through a pickup service. We used our cars to accomplish this vital function. We knew we had to have children/ youth. We started our youth department and then Sunday school. Eventually, Jack came home. Jack had been one of my first disciples for a while in Trenton NJ State Prison. He took charge of the youth, especially the Sunday school. He, along with one of the deacons, Deacon Watts used their cars. Jack would drive from Newark NJ in time to pick up the children, bring them to church, (they were scattered around the city) , teach them and then take them back home. When he left the church and moved to California “the Sunday school has never been the same since Jack left.” We will always remember the organizing and teaching job he did, including conducting a pickup service in his car. In time I felt a call from the Lord to leave my job. I still worked as a presser in Brooklyn. The business was owned by a Jew named Herb Cohen. I mentioned his name because working for Herb Cohen was like working for family. We became close friends. When I told him I was quitting he almost cried and offered me anything I wanted. In fact, Herb as I mentioned was Jewish, however he still attended our church worship occasionally. He gave the first gift to our first-born daughter, Leah. As much as I regretted it I had to tell him no offer could make me stay. I had to obey the will of God. For a while my wife and I, and now a new baby, was able to survive. However, with no money coming in our resources, even our reserve, was depleted. We began to go through a season of tough times the likes to which I had never seen or experienced before or since. The church was experiencing no growth. It seemed we could never get a member, no, not one. Our food supply was empty. There was always misunderstanding among the members, which I attributed to their age, not understanding my holistic approach to ministry. But they were faithful, loyal, dependable and generous, especially the original five members from Fulton Street. We had reached the bottom when we did not have enough money to buy the baby's milk at a cost of $0.25. We were short one penny for milk. After searching every crevice in the house, and every pocket in the closet. I went into the street to find the penny. When my effort proved fruitless, I borrowed a quarter from a man I had met a little while back. I came home with milk and a package of stale donuts. The next day we invited a young minister to our home named Clarence Williams. When he departed, he left a $10 bill on the table. He must’ve sensed our barrenness or the Lord told him our condition. From that day things began to get increasingly better in every way. Let me go back and mention two developments that helped me to survive, not just survive but even I would say, make progress against the raging storms. Although I didn't recognize it, at the time I was at my lowest point and unequaled ever since. It was my hill upon which I would die or fight until I would win the victory. There was no milk for the baby, as I stated, there was no food in the pantry and nothing in the refrigerator. We did have a few tea bags and at least there was running water. On one occasion Evangelist John Lawrence, remember him, he was with me when I started my spiritual journey in 1953 in the Hudson County Jail. He came by the house and we sat and talked for a while, never mentioning our desperate state. The next day, John Lawrence returned and opened the trunk of his car which was loaded with food stuff. We carted food upstairs. John Lawrence never mentioned anything related to food, in fact, he never said a word as was his usual custom, he said “let us pray.” He returned to his car and departed. And then later the experience with Leah and the milk. At this point, it was do or die. I went down into the basement, where the furnace was. It was not a finished basement, but dusty, dirty, and cobwebbed. It was a dark place. Even with the light on it seemed dark. There I started jumping up and down, praising God and quoting the Scriptures “I have been young and now I'm old but I've never seen the righteous forsaken and his seed begging bread.” Psalm 37:25 and another favorite Scripture from the book of Habakkuk 3:17-19 though they are no meat, cattle in the field, oil in yet will I trust in God. I lost track of the time, I came upstairs dusty, but exhilarated. Somehow I felt everything was going to be alright. Often, I look back upon that experience in the basement and it is such a joy as many times against many battles and obstacles I refer back to that occasion. At my lowest ebb, I didn't complain or murmur, but I forced myself to praise the Lord. There was another experience we had. This came in the form of an affirmation. During this same period of desperation, my wife Dr. Karen had gone to a revival in Philadelphia and she heard an expression, “I believe God.” She came back and told me about what had happened at the revival and the expression. I can't remember if it was in a song, or if someone shouted it, but it was said, “I believe God”. The saying immediately spoke to my entire being. I felt that was a message God was sending to us. We made it a part of our greetings. We would greet each other with, “I believe God, how are you doing?” we would ask each other, “I'm doing well and I believe God.” We made it a part of our phone conversations. Whenever a call came in we would respond with “I believe God, hello this is the Daughtry residence.” In addition, it cut through unnecessary negative chatter. But most of all it was a bold assertion that we believe in God no matter what comes our way. And what came our way was what Hamlet in Shakespeare’s play expressed, “the whips and scorns of time and the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes and 1000 natural shocks that the flesh is heir to….” yes Brother Hamlet, that is what I felt. The difference, of course, is the God that we’re committed to love and serve, no matter what would come our way with either allowing or directing the hardships, troubles, and all the problems we were having. But we could still say, I believe God. I would say it during the day and the last thing at night. We taught the church to say the affirmation with us. We would say it from the pulpit, say it in all our testimonies. I would use it in my sermons. I would start my sermons with, “I believe God. Let us all say, I believe God.” These two events, the basement and the “I believe God” experience inspired me to get through and literally overcome. There are so many lessons which I learned and have taught ever since. If you were to ask me now would I go through the same experience, I would immediately declare with a hearty YES! That is for me personally. You must ask my wife the same question. She will speak for herself. Among the lessons, I learned, and there were many. God sends people into your life which means more than just the issue. Clarence Williams entered our lives not just to leave $10 but through Clarence Williams, he introduced me to Operation Breadbasket and the revolutionary change in my life that our meeting brought. Of course, John Lawrence, I cannot say too much about him. Already I told our story many times. Since 1953, he had been in my life, in good times and in bad times. Thank God. I am eternally grateful for him, and all the people God has sent to be a part of my life. Overall, I could see from a distance why God called me from the job and why I had to go through the experiences I just relayed. It was all a part of the preparation, getting me ready for greater things ahead. For nine years at Pacific St, 1960 through 1969 when we moved into 415 Atlantic Ave, was a Moses wilderness experience. It was hard lessons to be learned – all necessary to bring about history-changing – liberation of a people. You learn to say thank God for the wilderness as it was necessary to get me to the mountaintop. During the wilderness time at Pacific St., we made a little progress and we managed to have a few people that we called a choir. I remember the few people marching into the church on Pacific St, a brother named Alfonzo leading the way and singing at the top of their voices, one of the songs they loved to sing, We Come This Far by Faith Leaning on the Lord. To be continued…

National Action Network (NAN) Saturday 6/11 - I spoke at the National Action Network, Reverend Al Sharpton had been one of the organizing committees. In my remarks I rehearsed the history of June 12th, the Department of Defense’s military budget is $75.5 billion dollars and this does not include the Overseas Contingency Budget Operation, nor does that include the DOD’s base budget, that comes to $933 trillion dollars while there’s a desperate need for programs for the needy. I have heard it said that America is one of the sickest nations in the world. At the same time, America is said to be one of the richest nations in the world. What a glaring contradiction. While millions of Americans' income is below the poverty line, yet the rich get richer and do not pay their fair share of taxes. The poor get poorer. Neighborhoods are deteriorating. Roads are crumbling. Bridges are falling down. Homelessness is pervasive. What Congress has given freely to war, death and destruction, human needs in comparison is a pittance. And there is stiff resistance to its allocation. Also, I discussed the war in Ukraine. There was an agreement between negotiators of Ukraine and Russia that called for Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine and the granting of Ukraine’s full independence. For that Ukraine would not join NATO but would be free and independent, nor would it have an army but would trust the United Nations to supply a military presence. In other words, Ukraine would be completely neutral. For some reason it was rejected. And so, the war continues. I’m including the actual quote from an article written by Michael von der Schulenberg. He was a former senior German diplomat with the United Nations and with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: “The key elements for a peaceful solution have already been worked out by courageous Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the first two months of the war. According to these, Ukraine would renounce NATO membership and not allow any foreign military bases on Ukrainian soil, while Russia would commit to recognizing Ukraine’s territorial integrity, withdraw all Russian troops from Ukraine and accept international security guarantees for Ukraine. It had also already been tentatively agreed to give a special status to the Donbas within Ukrainian territory (as already foreseen in Minsk II) and to resolve the future status of Crimea at a later stage through purely diplomatic means. Certainly, this is not a complete peace treaty – not yet; many difficult details remain unresolved. But the outcome of these peace negotiations, even if only provisional, represents an astonishing achievement at a time of war. There is and will be no other peaceful solution than to agree to some form of Ukrainian neutrality in return for preserving Ukraine's territorial integrity. It would be completely illusory to assume, as some Western governments like to claim, that such a peace treaty is a purely Ukrainian responsibility and that they should stay out. To use this to justify the West's silence on Russian-Ukrainian peace efforts is highly disingenuous.” And as the war continues, this is the most dangerous time for a war than the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. I urged the audience to become informed and to get involved in these global issues. After all, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observed a long time ago,“what does it mean to have access to restaurants, hotels, etc. if nuclear war can blow us all off the map.” The speech was overwhelmingly received. NAN gave my speech a standing ovation.

The History and Spirit of the House of the Lord Churches Early Pastoral Years - 2024 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY The multiple challenges of being a pastor were becoming increasingly overwhelming. First, there was the building itself. It was a small storefront located at 2024 Fulton St. There were about nine of these little storefront churches on Fulton St., between Saratoga and Howard avenues. The walls were unpainted with holes in them. The ceiling was dropping as though there had been a flood upstairs. There was an old potbelly stove in the middle of the church. In the winter, which was my first year, I used to come from Jersey City to start the fire. Then when I purchased a car, I would go pick up the members, have worship service, then take them back home. And on top of it all, there were children upstairs who would start running and playing as soon as we commenced our service. In my early months, I would travel from Jersey City. I lived at 65 Grant Ave in Jersey City. I had to take a bus across Jersey City to Exchange place. Then take a subway or a ferry to New York. If I wanted to be alone, I would go underground on the subway. If I wanted the more scenic route, I would take the ferry at Ferry Park, Jersey City. Upon my arrival at Chambers Street, NYC, from either the subway or the ferry, I would then take another subway to Ralph Ave in Brooklyn. After the long subway/ferry ride I then started a long 1.5 block walk to the church. The total cost of the subway trip was $.20, and the total cost of the Ferry trip was $.15. (The Daily News was $.03) I would work six days per week Monday through Saturday, first as an apprentice making $20 per week. I learned the fundamentals of pressing clothes and the overall cleaning business from my oldest brother Lonnie’s cleaning business, which he opened in Brooklyn in 1946, after he returned home from World War II. After one year at the Apprentice job, it occurred to me that I was doing all the pressing work and I was good at what I was doing. Nick was the owner of the cleaning business. I trusted Nick because he had employed another one of my brothers, Bob and mother. My mother was a seamstress at the time. One day I said to Nick, “I’m doing all the work six days a week and my skills are comparable to anybody, I should be getting more money.” Smiling, he said, “I was wondering when you were going to ask me for more money”. After saying that he started laughing. I didn't think it was funny, but it taught me a priceless lesson and perhaps that was the pay for my labor. You have to know yourself and your values and make demands on the world accordingly. Don't wait on others to inform you of your value. Don't trust the kindness of others. If there is kindness in business, that's a bonus. KNOW THYSELF! After the conversation with Nick, I received top dollar for my work. At that time Pressers were paid by the individual garment. For example, a male suit consisting of pants, jacket, and vest would yield $0.25 per garment. At the end of the day the individual garments were counted and at the end of the week the total was calculated. When I first started, I did not have enough money at the end of the week to go back and forth to the church in Brooklyn and to work in Jersey City. I had to go to the church at least two times a week and once on Sunday. My contributions to the church left me with hardly enough money to take care of my other needs. Thus, I had to get a part time job. I worked two jobs in order to take care of my personal expenses as well as my church expenses. I lived with my mother. If I missed paying rent occasionally it was OK. In fact, she was pleased with my commitment, and it seemed her prayers were being answered. She really wanted to do more. She did accompany me as often as she could to the Brooklyn church. However, I had another deeper, inescapable challenge, which was none of my doing. My mother and father had severed they're marital ties when I was about two or three years old. My mom took me from Augusta GA to Savannah GA, where I lived with my grandmother, my maternal grandmother. I remember it so well because it was the last time I saw my family together. I had three older brothers and I was small enough for my oldest brother to carry me on his shoes as I tried to tackle him playing football. Afterward, the early years were spent traveling back and forward from Savannah to Augusta and vice versa. Later my father brought me to Brooklyn where he started the storefront church approximately in 1942. Over the years my mother and father both remarried. My father and his wife lived in Brooklyn. My mother and her husband lived in Jersey City, and I bounced back and forth between the two cities as I bounced back and forth between Augusta and Savannah during my early childhood years. As a point of humor and to demonstrate my ineptness regarding not only the general knowledge of the church but the aesthetics of the church; we tried fixing up the little storefront. We did some painting, plastering and, would you believe it, I had the front windows of the church painted brown. When it was finished, we became the laughingstock in the neighborhood. As the question around the neighborhood was, what are they hiding in there? This was in direct reference to the brown painted windows. After finding this out we scraped the paint off the windows, and we put curtains to the windows, which allowed people to see inside. One redeeming factor was that it showed me the complete loyalty of the people. Surely they must have known that brown paint wasn’t the right thing to put on a window, but nevertheless, at my word they proceeded to do just that. In addition to the physical structure there was the overall administration of the church. There were the challenges of human interactions. Here I was with these towering challenges, just out of jail, trying to pastor a church. It was only the Lord's doing that sustained me. However, there was so much I had learned, intellectually, administratively, and interpersonally, while incarcerated. But all my life it seemed that God was preparing me for the leadership of the church. I was always the leader, in athletics, in games, in every endeavor I always emerged as the leader. It was only the Lord’s doing that sustained me. One of the major qualities I had, and I have often thought about this, perhaps it is in my DNA, it is a quality which allows me to easily, almost naturally, enter into cordial and friendly relationships with people. From my earliest years and as far back as I can remember, I always had an easy time cultivating friendships and cordial relationships with everyone. Even during my wild years, I had good relations with everybody, whenever and wherever – gamblers, hustlers, pimps, prostitutes, athletes, etc. This quality helped me a great deal as I began to pastor. With all of these problems that I mentioned, and others not mentioned, I was becoming depressed. On an occasion when I had hit my worst point, discouraged, disappointed and despondent, for some reason, I'm convinced it was the Lord's doing. I decided to visit Bishop George Brown. He was one of my father's proteges. He left the church, not on the best of terms, so I was told. He pastored a church on the corner of Saratoga Ave and Dean St, about five blocks away from our church at 2024 Fulton St church. It was after Sunday worship and after greeting the people as was our custom after worship, that I paid a visit to Bishop Brown. He led me into his office and for some reason, again, I believe it was the Lord’s doing, he started rehearsing his ministry and how he got started. He informed me that he started pastoring after he left my father’s church. He had one member and that was a little girl named Margaret. From there it was many years of non-productivity. He had a difficult time getting members and then once members started joining there were additional challenges in pastoring and all that it encompasses in terms of relationship to “the flock.” When he finished his story I realized I had not seen “nothing yet.” I went back to my church and sought forgiveness for thinking about quitting. I had renewed my resolve to fulfill the vision that God had given me, and I prayed that God would give me the strength and all the qualities that would be needed to be successful. I returned home to Jersey City feeling more determined. Then the Lord gave me this song that I didn’t know then and still don’t know if it were somebody’s song I had heard somewhere and had forgotten it. “The Lord will make a way for me if I live Holy, keep on praying and keep on serving, the Lord will make a way for me…” To be continued…

The History and Spirit of the House of the Lord Churches A very important piece of history was left out of the chapter on Mother Inez Conry, although it was recorded in Chapter 38. History was made when Mother Conry became the Bishop, the National Prelate of our churches. It was the first time that a female bishop succeeded a male bishop. At this point in history it may still be the case. Thus in 1952, long before there was any discussion even about a woman being a pastor. Bishop Daughtry far ahead of his time used his influence for this monumental development. So, Mother Inez Conry became Bishop Inez Conry. Let it be kept in mind we only have one bishop in our church and that bishop is the Chief Officer, the National Presiding Prelate over all of our churches. Herbert Daniel Daughtry Years (1960-2019) With the death of Mother Inez Conry, Reverend Dr. Herbert Daughtry, the fourth son of Bishop Daughtry became the National Presiding Prelate of the House of the Lord Churches. The Reverend did not come to the national office on flowery beds of ease. The eight years that he spent before assuming the office of the Bishop, were years of trials and tribulations, testing, loneliness, poverty, adversity and hard work, etc. Before proceeding with the 2024 Fulton Street pastoral experience we would like to include three very important insertions: (I) Mother Inez Conry (II) “Our Creed of the House of the Lord Church” (III) Progression of Ministry that should’ve been recorded in the chapters dealing with Bishop Daughtry. Here is the creed of our church: Our Creed We Believe in God the Father, Maker of all things, Who is no respecter of persons; and we believe in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, Who was uniquely anointed to manifest God and to redeem humanity. We Believe that Jesus was essentially African in origin. While Abraham, the father, was located in Asia, after hundreds of years in Egypt, northern Africa — and Canaan — during which obvious assimilation of religion, philosophy, medicine, art, architecture, engineering, etc., occurred, what was passed on to Jesus was Africanness. We Believe that in His redemptive work, Jesus, employing different methods, identified with and focused His ministry primarily toward the poor, sick, powerless, and rejected. We Believe His Very Person and work (and also His servants in every age) produced an inevitable conflict with societal rules, Jesus’ redemptive work creates a new person, who in turn, constitutes a new society whose interests, values, mores, lifestyle, and ethics are/were often in direct conflict with systems and rulers of this world. We Believe that God, the Father, and Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit, call, fill, and send human beings of every race, nationality, gender, class, and age to continue the ministry of Jesus Christ. We Believe that Jesus will come again — as He promised. While it is not absolutely clear what this means, we believe that when Jesus returns, there will be a dramatic supernatural in-break into history; at that point a new heaven and a new earth will begin in which peace and righteousness will flourish. We Believe that scientific discovery, space exploration, and political and economic revolutions are all part of the divine plan in which God, through Jesus Christ, is at work, moving all things toward His consummation. As the Reverend Daughtry grew in his ministry, he began to identify certain times and issues which brought about the progression. In the preparation for the 50th year of his ministry and the 50th year of Jubilee he produced a document which spelled out the Progression. He wrote: A word from the Reverend Dr. Herbert Daughtry Sr., (The People’s Pastor) During my 50 years of ministry, God has inspired me to be multidimensional and ever expanding - presently there are seven dimensions- the number seven is the number of perfection- the prioritizing of or emphasis on which dimension at any given time depends upon God’s direction. In the beginning of my ministry there were three dimensions: I. Spirituality Commitment to God through Jesus Christ and growing in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, teaching and practicing all the religious exercises which includes prayer, fasting, bible study, healing, etc. in an ever deepening relationship to God. II. Afrocentricity Studying and teaching the role of people of African Ancestry in Christianity in particular and in the world generally. III. Human Rights and Self-Determination Programs, activism, advocacy working with and for the human family to be all God intended, with a priority on the least in society. 1971, during a time of prayer and study in the Catskill Mountains, God revealed to me the importance of two more dimensions: IV. Limitless Potential Emphasizing the Biblical truth, we are wonderfully, fearfully made and we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. V. Prosperity God wants us to prosper, but to prosper means more than having money. It means to be purposeful, productive, healthy and happy. Material goods can enhance not replace the above. Put God first and all things can be ours. VI. Optimum Health In 1984, I became a vegetarian vegan, consuming no animals or animal products. The quest for optimum health became an essential part of my ministry. VII. Witness Always my ministry encouraged the believers to testify to the world what great things God has done for them. We are saved to partner with God to save the human family. We are blessed to be a blessing. All that we do or say ought to lift up Jesus Christ as the Savior of the human family. Of course all of the above is comprehended in Salvation- to be saved from alienation from God and saved to oneness with God, producing a life acceptable to God. As time progressed I added three more dimensions to his ministry which may not have been expressed in explicit language - similar to witnessing, but they were always there. The fact that from the very beginning of my ministry I declared God had called me to convert the world to Jesus Christ. Later when I resigned from the church and started the Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries, I felt led to express the vision in secular language - “Save the Planet, Save the People”. VIII. Peace and War June 12, 1982 we participated in the greatest gathering of peace activists and supporters before or since. Over one million people gathered in New York and conducted demonstrations in front of the United Nations and it concluded with a march to Central Park. I spoke at both locations. The issue was nuclear disarmament. The Iraq War (1990-1991) The first Iraq war, I was invited to give the invocation in the House of Representatives. I prayed that the war would end. When I arrived home later in the day I learned that President George H.W. Bush had ended the war. My Congressman Ed Towns who was responsible for inviting me to give the invocation recorded the prayer on a bronze plaque and called it, “The Prayer that ended the war”. IX. Climate Change As it became clearer that the climate had changed and was changing increasingly and more dramatically, I became more vocal and active in the climate change movement. We held rallies, workshops and seminars, etc. at the church. X. Save the Planet, Save the People During Covid-19 pandemic, March 2020 I coined the phrase and launched the Save the Planet, Save the People Movement. Covid-19 added a third menace to human survival. Now we had: War with nuclear weapons Climate change, which already wiped some islands off the map Covid-19 At the time that it appeared on the scene and began to spread across the world like a purifier, it was a deep concern. How did it start and how to stop it? Will there be other strands that we have not seen or that had not yet put in an appearance? If ever there was a time when the human family needed to unite. That time has come, while at the same time we must continue to fight for human rights, self-determination, environmental and economic justice, liberation and freedom. To be continued…