H.H. Brookins dies at 86; pastor was influential black leader

The Rev. Hamel Hartford Brookins, an influential bishop and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles who became a political power broker, civil rights leader and mentor to former Mayor Tom Bradley, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and many others, has died. He was 86.

By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times

May 24, 2012