Occupation – Pastor
James Perkins Jr. (1953- )
James Perkins Jr. became the first African American mayor of Selma, Alabama on September 13, 2000. Perkins was born on...
James C. Hayes (1946-2022)
The first African American mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, James C. Hayes was born in Sacramento, California on May 26, 1946....
Edgar Amos Love (1891-1974)
Edgar Amos Love was an American bishop with the Methodist Episcopal Church and cofounder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Love...
William “Bill” Lawson (1929-2024)
Civil Rights Advocate, professor, and Pastor William “Bill” Lawson was born William Alexander Lawson on June 28, 1928, in St....
Paul Timothy Roberts Sr. (1963- )
Paul Timothy Roberts Sr. is an academic fellow of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey in Celigny, Switzerland, and an activist....
Ma$e/Mason Derelle Betha (1975- )
Mason Derelle Betha is an American pastor, author, and former rapper born on August 27, 1975, as a fraternal twin...
Alfred Fairfax (c.1843– c.1916)
Elected to the state House of Representatives in 1888, Alfred Fairfax was the first African American to serve in the Kansas legislature. A...
