DENVER (KDVR) — A longtime civil rights leader and personal friend of Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. James D. Peters, Jr., died on Saturday. Peters, 92, was born in Connecticut and was a founding ...

Reverend James D. Peters Jr. is remembered as a longtime faith and community leader in Denver. "Dad is on the far right there and Dr. King is second from the left," said Reverend Jasper Peters ...

The Rev. James D. Peters Jr., an icon in Denver’s civil rights community and long-time pastor at New Hope Baptist Church, will be remembered as someone who stood up for the most vulnerable ...

Reverend James Peters Jr., a beloved spiritual leader and prominent Civil Rights activist. For Pastor Eugene Downing, who currently leads New Hope, the loss of Peters has been a deeply personal one.

Mine and the others because we had fought for this for so long." Before moving to Colorado, Peters served as a pastor at a church in Bridgeport, Connecticut. There, King presented him with a ...

The Denver community honors the legacy of beloved pastor and civil rights leader Rev. James Peters Jr., who passed away at 92. The Denver community gathered to celebrate the life and enduring ...

DENVER — Reverend James D. Peters, Jr., a civil rights activist and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., passed away Saturday. He was 92 years old. His death was announced by community leader ...