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James Tinney
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James Tinney (May 12, 1942 – June 12, 1988) was an African-American historian and minister who specialized in African-American history, specifically religious and political movements. He also founded Faith Temple, a Black LGBT congregation in Washington DC. Tinney was born in Kansas City. He was ordained as a Pentecostal minister when he was eighteen-years-old and served at several churches in Arkansas and Missouri.
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