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Joseph Harrison Jackson (January 11, 1900 [1] – August 18, 1990) was an American pastor and the longest serving President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was highly controversial in many black churches, where the minister preached spiritual salvation rather than political activism.
In 1953, Joseph H. Jackson of Chicago became the NBC USA president, serving until 1982. His 29-year tenure was the longest of any president, and spanned some of the most active years of the civil rights movement. During these years, African Americans gained passage of federal laws protecting and enforcing their rights to public access and ...
Ryan J. Bell – former pastor who became an atheist Wayne Bent – former pastor who founded Lord Our Righteousness Church [ 293 ] [ 294 ] Usain Bolt – Jamaican Olympic sprinter who competed in three Summer Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016), winning eight gold medals; raised Seventh-day Adventist by his mother [ 295 ]
Jesse Louis Jackson [1] (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) [1] is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades.
James S. Jackson (1823–1862), congressman from Kentucky and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Killed in action at the Battle of Perryville. Member of Hopkinsville Lodge No. 37, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. [1] Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader and politician. Harmony Lodge No. 88, Chicago, Illinois (PHA). [20 ...
Because of his declining health, he attended his last convention in 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, where he was elected Senior Bishop and President Emeritus of the National Convention for life. Jones died in Los Angeles on January 19, 1949; his homegoing service was held at Christ Temple Church (54th and Hooper) on January 25, 1949, at 1:00pm.
Shirley Jackson Case (1872–1947) was an historian of early Christianity, and a liberal theologian. He served as dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. He served as dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago.
Jackson Stitt Wilson (March 19, 1868 – August 28, 1942) was a Canadian-born American politician. He was a Christian socialist and suffragist , and held Georgist economic views. A member of the Socialist Party of America , Wilson was the mayor of Berkeley, California from 1911 to 1913.