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MURDOCK, Al (b. 1935)

ProfessionsUNT Faculty Member, Pastor, Community Activist
Notable infoBlack Lives Matter

Oral Histories

OH 1998

UNT alumnus and former faculty member, Denton pastor, and retirement center administrator. Childhood, education, and perceptions of race relations in Florida and Texas; education at UNT, Southern Baptist College, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; career as associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Denton; experiences with race relations and civil rights at First United and in Denton generally; experiences with Denton Ministers Alliance and Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; influences of Bill Moyers and Carlyle Marney; perceptions of modern-day race relations, including the Black Lives Matter movement.