Digital Fishers of Men: Discipleship in the Virtual Age

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Digital Fishers of Men: Discipleship in the Virtual Age

Digital Fishers of Men: Discipleship in the Virtual Age By John Thomas III, Editor A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a friend of mine about their experience during the pandemic. As in most parts…

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United States population: 9,638,453

United States population: 9,638,453. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4 per cent). Mayflower of Liberia sailed from New York City with eighty-six Blacks. Ship arrived in Sierra Leone, March 9.

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Feb

6

1820

Black Anti-Slavery Crusaders

There were a host of free Blacks who struck out against slavery. Many of these were

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Richard Allen born in slavery in Philadelphia

Richard Allen born in slavery in Philadelphia.

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Feb

14

1760

James Cone, theologian, born

James Cone, theologian, born

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Aug

5

1938

Rebecca J. Cole--2nd Black Female Physician

Born: March 16, 1846

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Aug

14

1922

Baptising of the First Two Known Converts

England John Wesley baptisted the first two known Black converts to the Methodism movement.

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Nov

29

1758

The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the

The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the shoe industry but also made Lynn, Massachusetts, the shoe capital of the

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Mar

19

1883

United States Population: 23,191,876

United States Population: 23,191,876. Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7 per cent).

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Mar

31

1850

Stephen Bantu Biko

One of the greatest sons of Africa was brutaly mudered by then government of apatheird in South Africa.Biko was a thinker, intellect and a father.His philosophy was that blacks must be proud to be black and blacks must redifine themselves.We as South Africans this month we are mournibg his demise

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Sep

12

2002

Born: 8/16/1955 Buffalo, New YorkCEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. McKinsey Social Initiatives first program, Generation, addresses the problem of youth

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Death of Bishop R. C. Lawson

Bishop R. C. Lawson died July 2, 1961 in New York

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Jul

2

1961

First black CPA

Jesse B. Blayton became the first black certified public accountant in the United States.

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Jan

0

2000

Saint Augustine

St. Augustine, (Aurelius Augustinus, A.B. 354-430 bishop of Hippo,(now Souk-Ahras in modern Algeria),wrote the City of God, setting forth the Christian view of the world and humanity, in A.D. 410.

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410

Blacks Declared Non-Citizens of US

The Acting Commissioner of General Lands for the United States, J.S. Wilson, stated that blacks were not citizens of the United States, and therefore were not legally entitled to preempt public lands.

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Mar

7

1859

Jupiter Hammon, 1st Black poet

Jupiter Hammon, New York slave who was probably the first Black poet, published An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries.

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Dec

25

1760

AME founder Richard Allen born

Birthday of Richard Allen who was born a slave near Philadelphia. He would later found the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Jun

10

1760

Pioneer African Baptist church organized

Pioneer African Baptist church organized in Savannah, Ga., with Andrew Bryan as pastor.

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Jan

20

1788

Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nations largest and strongest civil rights

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Feb

12

1909

The Baptist Foreign Mission

More than 150 delegates from Baptist Churches in eleven states organized the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States at a meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Rev. William H. McAlphine was elected president.

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Nov

24

1880

Ernest Everett Just

Born: 8/14/1883 Charleston, South CarolinaDied: 10/27/1941 Washington, D.C., United StatesErnest Everett Just was a pioneering African-American biologist, academic and science writer. Justs primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of

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Track & Field Great

In 1994, Wilma Glodean Rudolph died at the age of 54 in her home in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Nov

12

1994

James Varick consecrated as the first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

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Jul

30

1822

Spencer Williams's 1942 movie Blood of Jesus is among the third group of 25 fil

Spencer Williamss 1942 movie Blood of Jesus is among the third group of 25 films added to the Library of Congresss National Film Registry.

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Sep

25

1991

Stokely Carmichael

Born: 6/29/1941 Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoDied: 11/15/1998 Conakry, Guinealso known as Kwame Turé, was a Trinidadian-American revolutionary active in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and later, the global Pan-African movement. Growing up in the United States from the age of eleven, he

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Rev. Richard Allen organies a Society of Free Peopleof Color for Promoting the

Rev. Richard Allen organies a Society of Free People of Color for Promoting the Instruction and School Educationof Children of African Descent in Phildadelpia, PA.

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Jan

0

1804

Richard Allen (1760-1831).

Richard Allen, the first AME bishop compiled the first black hymnal, Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns, Selected from Various Authors.

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Nov

15

2001

The first known monument erected by African

The first known monument erected by African Americans to honor one of our heroes is dedicated to Richard Allen in Philadelphias Fairmont park.

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Jun

12

1876

First national meeting of the Ku Klux Klan held at the Maxwell House in Nashville, Tenn.

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Apr

24

1867

Richard Allen named 1st Bishop of AME church

By 1816 there were several African Methodist Churches around the country and that year they met to form the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church. On April 11, 1816 Richard Allen was name the first bishop of this church.

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11

1816

United States population: 293,200,000

United States population: 293,200,000. Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1 per cent). Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President-Emeritus, Morehouse College, named president of Atlanta Board of Education.

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