W. Franklyn Richardson is Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in the City of Mount Vernon, New York and Chairman of the Board at Virginia Union University, his alma mater. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of the National Action Network and Chairman of the Board of the Conference of National Black Churches. Richardson earned his divinity degree from Yale University Divinity School and his Doctorate of Ministry as a Wyatt Tee Walker Fellow from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Mentored by Dr. Sandy Ray (a close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) and Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker (Dr. King's chief of staff)...