He tried to cool a city`s anger, only to watch helplessly as it burned during the 1992 riots
(LA Times NHL)

Three days before the rioting began, the Rev. Cecil L. Murray took to the pulpit for his Sunday sermon. `Be cool,` Murray implored. `Even in anger, be cool.` For weeks, the 62-year-old pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church had watched anger and distrust grow in his community with...