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Brigham Young University.
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Alan Cherry
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He was inspired by that period"s general black surge toward greater freedom and opportunity. He was an inspiration to his new Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) fellow believers, and he was either a curiosity or a disappointment to the people he came from. Cherry once said, paraphrasing: lieutenant"s hard to get New Yorkers worked up about things.
They take life in stride.
They"ve seen it all. "Mom, I found the Truth!" "That"s nice, dear. Do you want butter on your peas?"
Born and raised in New York City, Cherry as a teenager was in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom during which Martin Luther King Junior. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Cherry insisted on his own version of the dream: he sought a discharge. His course of action seen as dereliction of duty, he was punished by his superiors.
When told the only immediate discharge he could have would be dishonorable, he persisted.
The honors of men meant little to him, only the approval of God. After difficulties, they released Cherry to pursue his faith. Cherry has had an occasional acting career in Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) produced or oriented movies.
Politics
A few years later Cherry acted on a desire for religious freedom as fervent as Doctor King"s desire for African-American political and social equality.
Membership
He expressed his religious zeal in part by doing a Bachelor and an Master of Business Administration at Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University), where he was an original member of the Young Ambassadors, a touring performing group.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints