by HamiltonCareyHolwell | Jun 30, 2014 | African American History, Speeches
Memorial to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church “Image Ownership: Public Domain” On June 15, 2014, as part of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer, Rita Bender...
by SutherlandClaudia | Jun 30, 2014 | African American History, People
Bishop William Paul Quinn was the fourth Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He was instrumental in establishing several AME churches in U.S. midwestern states during the pre-Civil War period. His work for the Black Methodist community was highly...
by SgambelluriSabrianna | Jun 30, 2014 | African American History, People
Before the Civil Rights Movement in America, African American models were visible in Black magazines such as Jet and Ebony, but non-white models were never seen on the covers of Western fashion magazines, on the runway, or in advertising. With that movement, and...
by BrianHoffman | Jun 30, 2014 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
First Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas is the oldest black church in the state. It was founded by Reverend Wilson Brown, a self-taught slave minister, in 1845. Brown had attended the predominantly white church Missionary Baptist in Little Rock but...
by BrianHoffman | Jun 19, 2014 | African American History, People
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” William Henry Twine is best known as the crusading civil rights attorney and editor of two black newspapers in Indian Territory. Twine was born in Richmond, Kentucky, on December 10, 1862 to William H. and Amanda Twine. ...
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