Q: What seminaries did Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson attend?
—Joel Armistead, Lilburn
A: Sharpton, who grew up in Queens and Brooklyn, dropped out of Brooklyn College in 1975 and didn't attend a seminary. He preached his first sermon when he was 4 years old, was ordained when he was 10 and was called the "Wonderboy" preacher before he toured with gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Sharpton, who was James Brown's tour manager from 1973-80, was an activist from an early age, joining the civil rights movement as a teenager in the late 1960s. Sharpton was a protégé of Jackson, who dropped out of Chicago Theological Seminary three courses from earning a master of divinity degree to work with Martin Luther King Jr. Jackson, who was ordained in 1968, received an honorary master of divinity degree from the school in 2000. He has more than 40 honorary doctorate degrees, according to his bio on the Rainbow PUSH Coalition website.
Q: When the Braves move to Cobb County, are they still going to be called Atlanta Braves?
—Dennis Goss, Newnan
A: The franchise will continue to be known as the Atlanta Braves when it moves from Atlanta to its new stadium in Cobb County in 2017. There are also no plans to change the logo. "Our new stadium will have an Atlanta address, and we will continue to be proud to represent the metro Atlanta area for the next 30 years and beyond," the team states at homeofthebraves.com/faq.
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