‘A Pioneer for the Unjust, Underserved, and Underprivileged’: Baltimore Community Reacts to Death of Bishop Douglas Miles

Bishop Douglas Miles, a passionate and energetic community organizer credited with driving social justice as the co-chair of Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD), died Tuesday at 72 years old, local media reported.

The Baltimore AFRO reported that Miles, founder of the Koinonia Baptist Church, died following heart surgery.

AFRO Managing Editor Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware wrote that she met Miles in 1961 at Booker T. Washington Junior High School, where they were enrolled in an accelerated program that allowed them to finish three years of study in two years and move on to high school early.

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