James H. Cone
“Always my attempt is to understand the meaning of faith, the meaning of God, in a world that is broken,” theologian and religious writer James...
Category : Religion
Minister Jarena Lee
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Minister Jarena Lee was the first authorized female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. Lee, whose family or maiden name is unknown, was...
Benjamin Tucker Tanner
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Benjamin Tucker Tanner was born on Christmas day of 1835 to Hugh and Isabella Tanner of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As one of twelve children, he brought...
Theodore Sedgwick Wright
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Theodore Sedgwick Wright, prominent clergyman, antislavery leader, and reformer was thought to have been born in New Jersey in 1797. He attended the New York...
Henry McNeal Turner
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One of the most influential African American leaders in late-nineteenth-century Georgia, Henry McNeal Turner was a pioneering church organizer and missionary for the African Methodist...
The Quakers
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The Quakers, formally known as the Religious Society of Friends, constitute a small Christian denomination that formed in England in the 1650s in an effort...
AME Church
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The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church) is a Christian denomination founded by Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816. Recent estimates of membership...
Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr
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Rev. James Lawson is one of the most influential figures in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. He is widely...
Adam Clayton Powell, Sr
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Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement and a trailblazer in the field of politics. His tireless efforts to...
Jesse Moorland
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Jesse Moorland was an educator, minister, and a philanthropist, but was most renowned for his extensive work with the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). Born...