Rev. Fred Luter poised to become first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention

Rev. Fred Luter acknowledges the crowd at the Southern Baptist Convention prior to to being elected as the first African-American vice president of the organization, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. PHOTO/Ross D. Franklin/AP

Four months ago, two African-American pastors stood in a hallway of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Nashville headquarters looking at a row of white faces.

The portraits of the 56 convention presidents since the denomination’s 1845 founding are in large picture frames

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