SAN FRANCISCO — On September 10, 2026, The Sun-Reporter filled Historic Third Baptist Church to honor the Black men doing the work. They build businesses, lead congregations, mentor young people, and hold this city together without asking for credit.
The special guest speaker was Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, Senior Pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas and now Congressman-elect for Texas’s 30th District. Rev. Devon Jerome Crawford, Senior Pastor of Historic Third Baptist Church, hosted. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and former Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. made special appearances.
This is the full program. Watch the honorees take the stage, hear Rev. Dr. Haynes, and see why this celebration matters.
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