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Dear Community Partner, Currently the Hawk Enrichment Center is preparing for our Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner 2020, on November 25th from 12pm to 3pm. The purpose of this letter is that we are seeking community partners for this event. The Hawk Enrichment Center goal is to minister to individuals by meeting their needs through serving our Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner … Continue reading "Hawk Enrichment Center"

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Faith Congregational Church [Hartford] (1819- )

The Faith Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut began in 1819 as a place for African Americans to worship on their own since they were previously only able to worship in the backs of churches and in church galleries in that city. A group of African Americans began worshipping in the

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Gray, William Herbert, III (1941–2013)

William Herbert Gray III was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 20, 1941. His mother, Hazel Yates Gray, was a high school teacher. His father, William Herbert Gray Jr. was a Baptist Minister and over his career, the president of two Florida colleges. Upon taking a job as pastor of Bright

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20

1941

Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church [Philadelphia] (1794- )

Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in the nation, was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1794 by Richard Allen, a former slave. Allen founded Mother Bethel AME after the church he had been attending, St. George’s Methodist

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Antioch Baptist Church, San Jose, California (1893- )

Organized on August 2, 1893 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hawkins, Antioch Baptist Church was the first African American Baptist church in San Jose, California. Rev. C.C. Laws was called as the first pastor, requesting a salary of $10.00 a month with board, with the provision that as the church

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McKenzie, Vashti Murphy (1947- )

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2000

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1954

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is one of the most successful female recording artists of all time. She was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee to C. L. and Barbara Franklin. C.L. was a famous Baptist preacher who later founded his own church and Barbara was an accomplished pianist and singer. Aretha was

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1942

Black History Month 2015: Historic African American Churches

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Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1899- )

Arriving in Albuquerque, New Mexico Territory, in 1898, Mrs. Tabytha Watson began the organization of a Baptist church with prayer meetings which included her two children, in her home. By the following year the church was named Mt. Olive Baptist and members raised $135 to purchase a lot at 510

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born 20 December 20, 1957, Detroit, Michigan, USA.Soul singer

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James Theodore Holly

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1874

First Baptist Church, Petersburg, Virginia (1756- )

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Ball, Jr. Joseph T. (1804-1861)

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Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church (1890- )

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(1837) Theodore S. Wright, “Prejudice Against the Colored Man”

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1746

Bridgeforth, Ruffin (1923–1997)

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Arlington Park Receives Some Artistic Love – Free Press of Jacksonville

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Born on December 25, 1840, in Baltimore, Maryland, John Henry Murphy grew up as a slave and freed by the Emancipation Act of 1863. He enlisted in the military at age 24, during the Civil War and quickly progressed to the rank of Sergeant by the end of the conflict. When he returned home to

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1840

Black Women Unite

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1896

Blacks meet to protest

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Bouchet, Edward Alexander (1852-1918)

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Lewis, Q. Walker (1798–1856)

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1778

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1962

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