For more than five decades, Pastor Don Leavell has preached the gospel in Corpus Christi, but his story began in a very different time.
Born in 1947, he grew up in East Texas, attending an all-black church near Palestine, Texas.
Black History Month: Pastor Don Leavell’s journey from segregation to building diverse church
“The church was basically the center of everything that we did,” Leavell said.
Leavell says the Black church provided direction, community and hope during a time of segregation and inequality…