(1934–2002), whom C. L. adopted shortly after the marriage. Vaughn did not learn that C. L. Franklin was not his biological father until 1951. When C. L. and Barbara...

pianist, the mother of American singer–songwriter Aretha Franklin and wife of C. L. Franklin, the African-American Baptist minister of New Bethel Baptist...

As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister...

preacher and civil rights activist C. L. Franklin and the younger sister of American singer/musician Aretha Franklin. Franklin was born in Memphis, to Barbara...

States, the oldest daughter of Barbara (née Siggers) and the Reverend C. L. Franklin. She was raised in Detroit, Michigan, where her father was pastor of...

Keenan Kester Cofield in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) and C. L. Franklin in Genius: Aretha (2020). He has been married to actress Angela Bassett...

New Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church located at 8430 C. L. Franklin Boulevard (also called Linwood Street) in Detroit, Michigan. It is affiliated...

Cheryl J. Franklin, American writer C. L. Franklin (1915–1984), Detroit, Michigan-based Baptist minister and civil rights activist Charles Franklin (disambiguation)...

January 16, 1973 at age 48 as a result of the strokes. Aretha Franklin and Rev. C. L. Franklin sang at her funeral in Philadelphia; Marion Williams sang at...

Whitaker as C. L. Franklin, Aretha's father Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Aretha's abusive husband and manager Audra McDonald as Barbara Siggers Franklin, Aretha's...