Charles Albert Tindley was born on this date in 1851. He was a Black Methodist Episcopal minister and lyricist.
Born the son of slave...
Charles Albert Tindley was born on this date in 1851. He was a Black Methodist Episcopal minister and lyricist.
Born the son of slave...
The birth of Octavia V. Rogers Albert in 1853 is celebrated on this date. She was a Black teacher and writer.
Octavia Victoria Rogers...
*Joseph Charles Price was born on this date in 1854. He was a Black scholar and minister.
From Elizabeth City, NC, he graduated from...
Augustus Tolton was born on this date in 1854. He was one America's first Black priest.
He was born in Ralls County, Missouri, the son of...
On this date in 1854, James Augustine Healy was ordained in Paris, France, thus becoming the first Black priest in the Catholic Church.
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*The birth of William Adger in 1856 is celebrated on this date. He was an African American minister.
He was born in Philadelphia, the...
*Henry Delany was born on this date in 1858. He was an African American minister and bishop.
Born in Saint Mary’s, Georgia, Both of his...
*Joseph Booker was born on this date 1859. He was a Black editor, educator, minister and community leader.
Born a slave in Old Portland...
*The founding of Foster Memorial AME Zion Church in 1860 is celebrated on this date.
The church was the dream of Amanda and Henry Foster...
The First Baptist Church of Georgetown was founded on this date in 1862. It is one of the oldest Black Baptist churches in the Washington, D. C....
*John E. Ford was born on this date in 1862. He was a Black minister and businessman.
From Owensboro, KY John Elijah Ford was the eldest...
*George Freeman Bragg, Jr. was born on this date in 1863. He was an African American minister and activist.
From Warrenton, North...
Lena Mason, a Black minister and poet, was born on this date in 1864.
She was born in Quincy, Illinois of parents, Reida and Vaughn, who...
Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., was born on this date in 1865. He was an African American clergyman and author.
Powell was born in...
Saint Philip A.M.E. Church was established on this date in 1865, the oldest A.M.E. Church in the state of Georgia.
It was Organized by...
*Zion Baptist Church was founded on this date in1865. It is one of the oldest African American churches west of the Mississippi.
Zion...
Nora Antonia Gordon was born on this date in 1866. She was an African American teacher and missionary.
She was born in Columbus, GA, and...
On this date in 1866, Pilgrim Baptist Church in St. Paul, MN, was formally organized with its first service.
Rev. Robert Hickman and...
*The Sixth Mount Zion Baptist was founded on this date in 1867. John Jasper organized Sixth Mount Zion in Richmond, Virginia, he would go on to...
*Henry Proctor was born on this date in 1868. He was an African American author, minister and lecturer.
Born near Fayetteville, Tenn.,...