Aretha Franklin's father, Rev. C.L. Franklin and his relationship with Martin Luther King
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Only thing I ever learned about her father was that he was a child rapist.
fukk that nikka.
fukk that nikka.
xoxodede
Superstar
I was raised on C.L. Franklin -- and my daddy personally knew Mr. Franklin. They met when he was in a weekend Gospel DJ in my hometown in Michigan.
Still my ish.
Still my ish.
xoxodede
Superstar
I have never heard that. I googled and saw rumors -- but only one mention on a forum.
He had a child with a 12 year old. Her name is Mildred Jennings, and she was a member of his congregation, the child’s name is Carol Ellan Kelley.
That’s not all.
You realize Aretha Franklin had a child at 12, as well as 14, right?
If that does cue you into to something far deeper and far more fukked up, you’re not looking at the big picture.
Despite this, her dad was not a good man, a pedophile, and rumored to have fathered Aretha's first child after her mother died. Something in the milk is not clean with him and ppl say he practically "gave" his daughter to Hollywood. She slept with Sam Cooke at 14.