Biography

Carl Bean was born on May 26, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He died on September 7, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

In his earlier career, Bean was a Motown recording artist who collaborated "with Dione Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Miles Davis, and Sammy Davis, Jr.".

In the West Adams District of Los Angeles, California, "Archbishop Carl Bean Square" is located at the intersection of Jefferson Blvd. and Sycamore Avenue.

In 1982, Carl Bean founded Unity Fellowship of Christ Church in Los Angeles, California. In 1992, Bean was appointed 1st Bishop of Unity Fellowship Church. And in 1999, Bean was named Archbishop of Unity Fellowship Church.

In 1985, Carl Bean founded the Minority AIDS Project which was "the first community-based HIV/AIDS organization established and managed by people of color in the United States.".