Absalom Jones and his followers dedicated African

Togo: In Togo, a Ministry Helping People Living With HIV Is a Sister's Life Work

Sister Marie Stella's association has joined with others to call for help from donors abroad through a new organization "Enfants de l'Espoir" (Children of

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Benin 0

National name: Republique du Benin

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From Peaceful Protesting to a President Posing | Afro

After a weekend filled with demonstrations, looting and burning, which led to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser implementing a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, peaceful protestors chanted, marched, distributed water and snacks and presented art in the name of antiracism and police

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Setting Aside Race: Selected Books by Black Authors in Which Blackness is Not the Predominant Theme

Compiled by Robert Fikes, Jr., Librarian

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Olivet Baptist Church (OBC) [Chicago] (1850- )

The Olivet Baptist Church (OBC), founded on April 6, 1850, was at one time the largest Protestant church in the world, reaching 20,000 members under the leadership of Pastor Lacey Kirk Williams. It is the second oldest black church in Chicago, Illinois and the oldest African American Baptist church

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1850

Absalom Jones ordained a priest

Absalom Jones ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Sep

5

1804

Pandemic Will Alter Communion Rituals For Many US Christians

NEW YORK (AP) — Holy Communion will have a different look when in-person worship services resume at the end of May in the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee: The wafers signifying the body of Christ will be placed in the hands of parishioners by priests and deacons wearing face masks and

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The Role of African American Women in the Black Church

Faith is a strong guiding force in the lives of many African American women. And for all that they receive from their spiritual communities, they give back even more. In fact, black women have long been regarded as the backbone of the black church. But their extensive and significant contributions

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Abele, Julian F. (1881-1950)

The legacy of architect Julian Francis Abele was brought into focus in the mid-1980s when in the midst of a student protest at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, his great grandniece reminded the campus community that her long unsung ancestor was responsible for the eleven original

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Apr

21

1881

The Moynihan Report (1965)

The Negro

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Jan

4

1965

Kenya: Experts Call for Action Over Rising Lake Victoria Water Levels

FURTHER RISE

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Richard Allen (bishop)

Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831)[1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of Americas most active and influential black leaders. In 1794 he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent black denomination in the United States. He opened his first

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Ancestry of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia to a long line of preachers. His father, Martin Luther King, Sr. was a pastor for the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. His maternal grandfather, the Reverend Adam Daniel Williams, was famous for his fiery sermons. His

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McKenzie, Vashti Murphy (1947- )

On July 11, 2000, journalist and clergywoman Vashti Murphy McKenzie became the first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. In 2005 she became the denomination’s first woman to serve as Titular Head. Her commitment to community development is evident in her work with urban

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11

2000

Corrigan, Mairead

Corrigan, Mairead moi´rə kôr´ĭgən [key], 1944–, Irish social activist, b. Belfast. A volunteer social worker in the Catholic neighborhoods of Belfast, Corrigan saw three of her sisters children killed when a car driven by an Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorist went out of control after being

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Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Beginning in 1968, he was a member of the funk and soul band the Commodores and then launched a solo career in 1982. He also co-wrote the 1985 charity single We Are the World with Michael

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Jun

20

1949

17th Episcopal District Donates to Zambia’s Ministry of Health

It was a great honor for an auxiliary of the AME Church in Zambia to have an opportunity to be part and parcel of the fight and campaign against the world pandemic of COVID-19 that has now engulfed the entire global

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Accomplishments

Martin Luther King, Jr. was the charismatic leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott at its genesis in 1955, the year-long nonviolent struggle brought King under the scrutiny of a wary and divided nation. However, his

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Brooke, Edward, III (1919-2015)

Edward William Brooke III was the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate. Brooke, an African American, Protestant Republican, won elective office in the overwhelmingly white, Catholic, Democratic state of Massachusetts and emerged as a leader in the US

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St vincent and grenadines

Current government officials

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Bronx ‘city within a city’ shaken by sickness, fear

Morton’s story is a common one in the Bronx, which has been hit harder by the virus than any other place in the New York City metropolitan

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Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba , in full Patrice Hemery Lumumba (born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now the Democratic Republic of the Congo]—died January 1961, Katanga province), African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960). Forced

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White men sue D.C. Mayor Bower over Black Lives Matter mural

"Black Lives Matter" is seen painted on 16th Street in Washington

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Demerara Rebellion of 1823

The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving more than ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana) on the coast of South America. The rebellion took place on August 18, 1823, and lasted two days. No particular incident sparked the

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Liberia

Liberia /l aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə/ ( listen), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers (43,000 sq mi) and has a population of

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Jul

26

1847

D.C. Mayor Gets 'Black Lives Matter' Painted On Street Leading Up To White House, Gets Slammed By Area's BLM Chapter - Blavity

Videos began to make their way online Friday morning showing city workers painting the words on 16th Street in bright

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Hugo Black

Hugo Black , in full Hugo La Fayette Black (born February 27, 1886, Harlan, Clay county, Alabama, U.S.—died September 25, 1971, Bethesda, Maryland), lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937–71). Black’s legacy as a Supreme Court justice derives from

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Seattle Civic Unity Committee

The Seattle Civic Unity Committee was formed by Seattle Mayor William F. Devin in 1944 in response to rising racial tension in the city. During World War II Seattle, like other west coast cities, received an influx of African Americans raising its black population from 3,789 in 1940 to over 10,000

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First lynching memorial marker to document local history of racial violence

ST. PETERSBURG — A coalition of scholars, activists, and civic leaders are working to install the first lynching memorial marker in St. Petersburg, designed to document the history of racial violence in the

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Simmons, William J. (1849-1890)

Born into slavery in Charleston, South Carolina on June 29, 1849, William J. Simmons served as the second president of what would later become Simmons College of Kentucky between 1880 and 1890. He was also a prominent historian and biographer of African American men. Simmons’s parents were Edward

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29

1849

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