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B. Henry Babers; J. Pius Barbour; Richard Bassett (Indiana politician) Fred Berry; Claude Black (minister) Leonard Black; Bobby Blake; Raiford Blunt; Joseph Albert Booker
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
Wright was born on September 22, 1941. [7] He was born and raised in the racially mixed area of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [8] His parents were Jeremiah Wright Sr. (1909–2001), a Baptist minister who pastored Grace Baptist Church in Germantown from 1938 to 1980, [9] and Mary Elizabeth Henderson Wright, a schoolteacher who was the first Black person to teach an academic subject ...
Black women have been the backbone of the Black church and the vanguards of ministry, in and out of the The post Black women preachers who changed—and are changing—history appeared first on ...
Marshall Keeble (December 7, 1878 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee – April 20, 1968 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an African American preacher of the church of Christ, whose successful career notably bridged a racial divide in an important American religious movement prior to the Civil Rights Movement.
Ebony Magazine twice named Adams one of the country’s top 15 greatest Black preachers, and one of the top 100 most influential Black Americans.
Harry Hosier (c. 1750 – May 1806 [1]), better known during his life as "Black Harry", was an African American Methodist preacher during the Second Great Awakening in the early United States. Dr. Benjamin Rush said that, "making allowances for his illiteracy, he was the greatest orator in America". [2]
The Black Church tradition also influenced Harris. “The vice president has a strong Christian faith that she’s talked about a lot,” said Jamal Simmons, a pastor’s son and Harris’ former ...