Benjamin L. Hooks
Benjamin Hooks was an executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and is the first African American board member...
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Barbara Harris
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Barbara Harris, in full Barbara Clementine Harris, (born June 12, 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American clergywoman and social activist who was the first female bishop...
Prince Hall
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Hall supported the Revolution and may well have fought against the British. He emerged as a leader of Boston’s African-American community in the years after...
Henry Ossawa Tanner
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Henry Ossawa Tanner, (born June 21, 1859, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.—died May 25, 1937, Paris, France), an American painter who gained international acclaim for his depiction...
Rastafari
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Rastafari also spelled Ras Tafari, is a religious and political movement, that began in Jamaica in the 1930s and was adopted by many groups around...
James H. Cone
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“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...
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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Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner was a prominent figure in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, known for his dedication to education, advocacy for the rights...
Theodore Sedgwick Wright
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Theodore Sedgwick Wright (1797–1847) was a trailblazing African-American abolitionist, Presbyterian minister, educator, and advocate for racial equality whose life’s work profoundly shaped the fight against...
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...