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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 7
Moss Inducted
Into Civil Rights
Hall of Fame
By David Stokes
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.
As Eleanor Roos
evelt, America’s first lady
(1933-45), once asked,
“Where, after all, do univer
sal rights begin? In small
places?, close to home? — so
close and so small that they
cannot be seen on any map of
the world?
Yet, they are the
world of the individual per
son: the neighborhood he
lives in; the school or college
he attends; the factory, farm
or office where he works.
Such are the places where
every man, woman and child
seeks equal justice, equal op
portunity and equal dignity,
without discrimination.
Unless these rights
have meaning there, they
have little meaning any
where.’’ With that sentiment,
several persons were inducted
last month into Ohio’s Hall
of Fame for Civil Rights, dis
tinctive people who espoused
the goals and objectives of
human rights for all man
while moving further into
the New Millennium. One
of the inductees, although a
resident of the Buckeye State
of Ohio, has permanent ties
to the “Olympic City’’ that
is Atlanta: the Rev. Dr. Otis
Moss, Jr.
Moss, a native of
LaGrange, Ga. and a More
house College graduate, is
one of the United States’ most
influential religious and civic
leaders, and has been active
ly involved in advocating for
the achievement of civil and
human rights, education and
social justice issues for all of
his adult life.
Prior to earning a
doctorate of ministry degree
from the United Theologi
cal Seminary, Moss received
bachelor’s and master’s of
divinity degrees from the
Morehouse School of Reli
gion and Interdenomination
al Theological Center (ITC)
in Atlanta, respectively. Nev
ertheless, since 1978, Rev.
Moss has committed years of
distinguished service in lead
ing the congregation of the
Olivet Institutional Baptist
Church, Cleveland, OH, as
its senior pastor.
Prior to Olivet’s
pulpit, Moss held numer
ous pastoral positions at
several churches in Georgia
and Ohio, including serving
as co-pastor with the Rev.
Martin Luther King, Sr., at
Ebenezer Baptist Church, on
Auburn Avenue, in Atlanta.
Bro. Moss has also served the
community locally, nationally
and internationally promot
ing peace and justice on vari
ous boards of directors and
staff directorships, including
the Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference (SCLC)
during Dr. King’s tenure as
founding president (1957-
68). Moss has also served as
a board member and trustee
of The King Center, and nu
merous Ohio governors, the
Ohio Legislature community
organizations and national
media outlets, in general,
have recognized his service
to Ohio and the country.
Additionally, in
2009, Moss lectured with
Rajmohan Ghandi, Mahatma
Ghandi’s grandson, during
a multi-city tour of India il
luminating the work of Dr.
King and Mahatma Ghandi.
Moss is a lifetime
member of the National As
sociation for the Advance
ment of Colored People
(NAACP), Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc. and the Sig
ma Pi Phi Fraternity. Board
memberships with Moss’
commitment to his brethren
include The Cleveland Mu
seum of Art and the Cleve
land Foundation. Moss, as a
previous board chairman of
Morehouse College’s board
of trustees for over 10 years,
was honored recently with
Morehouse naming its new
est dormitory suites in his
honor.
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