Franklin, C. L. (Clarence LaVaughn), 1915-1984

found: His Give me this mountain, c1989:CIP t.p. (C.L. Franklin) data sheet (b. 1915, d. 1984) galley (Clarence LaVaughn Franklin)

found: Franklin, C.L. Satan goes to a prayer meeting [SR] p2005:label (Reverend C.L. Franklin) insert (b. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin, Jan. 22, 1915, Sunflower Co., Miss., d. July 27, 1984)

found: African American National Biography, accessed January 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Franklin, C. L.; born Clarence LaVaughn Pitman (Franklin was the name of his step-father); Baptist lay leader, Baptist clergyperson, gospel musician / singer, choral director; born 22 January 1915 in Sunflower, Mississippi, United States; studied at LeMoyne College in Memphis, Tennessee; ordained reverend at St. Peter's Rock; appointed at County Line Baptist Church, mastering unique African American sermonic style; pastored the Friendship Baptist Church in Buffalo, New York; lead congregation by Representatives of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit; signed recording contract with Chess Records, touring with the Dixie Hummingbirds and the Clara Ward Gospel Singers (1953); toured with own choir, incuding daughter, Aretha Franklin; organized march in Detroit (1963); worked to elect John Conyers to Congress and Coleman Young as first black mayor of Detroit; died 27 July 1984 in West Side, Detroit, Michigan, United States)