Daughtry, Herbert
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Daughtry, Herbert
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Herbert Daughtry (born January 13, 1931) is an American pastor, civil rights activist, and community leader best known as “The People’s Pastor.” He has served for decades as a faith-based organizer in New York City and beyond. Daughtry was the National Presiding Minister of The House of the Lord Churches from 1959 until his retirement in 2019, after which he became National Presiding Minister Emeritus while remaining active in church and community affairs.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, into a family with deep roots in Black church leadership, he began his activism in the civil rights era working with groups such as Brooklyn CORE and Operation Breadbasket in the 1950s and ’60s. He helped found the National Black United Front and the African People’s Christian Organization, combining religious ministry with social justice work on issues from education and economic empowerment to anti-apartheid and local Brooklyn development.
Even into his 90s, Daughtry has continued to be engaged in community leadership, spiritual ministry, and advocacy through initiatives like the Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries.
In the spring of 1990, Daughtry became active in the struggle for justice for Phillip Pannell, who had been shot and killed by white Teaneck police officer, Gary Spath. At a mass meeting at Community Baptist Church in Englewood, Daughtry said "I don't know how much more we can take it. Something's got to give."
Born in Savannah, Georgia, into a family with deep roots in Black church leadership, he began his activism in the civil rights era working with groups such as Brooklyn CORE and Operation Breadbasket in the 1950s and ’60s. He helped found the National Black United Front and the African People’s Christian Organization, combining religious ministry with social justice work on issues from education and economic empowerment to anti-apartheid and local Brooklyn development.
Even into his 90s, Daughtry has continued to be engaged in community leadership, spiritual ministry, and advocacy through initiatives like the Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries.
In the spring of 1990, Daughtry became active in the struggle for justice for Phillip Pannell, who had been shot and killed by white Teaneck police officer, Gary Spath. At a mass meeting at Community Baptist Church in Englewood, Daughtry said "I don't know how much more we can take it. Something's got to give."
Source
New York Amsterdam News
Date
December 17, 1977
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Public Domain
Citation
“Daughtry, Herbert,” Englewood Makes History, accessed October 2, 2026, https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/items/show/808.
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