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William Holmes Borders

1905–1993

United States

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William Holmes Borders Sr. (24 February 1905 – 23 November 1993) was an American civil rights activist and leader and pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia from 1937 to 1988.

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