Religious Organizations – Baptist
The Birmingham Children’s Crusade (May 1963)
Early in 1963, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King, Reverend Ralph Abernathy, and local Birmingham leader...
Anna R. Woodbey (1855-1901)
Anna R. Woodbey, an early suffragist and minister, was the first known African American woman to be nominated on a...
Raphael G. Warnock (1969- ) [Children’s Edition]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This entry is for juvenile audiences. To see the full version of this entry, click here.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Who are they: U.S. Senator...
Alberta Christine Williams King (1904-1974)
Alberta Christine (Williams) King, a retired organist at Ebenezer Baptist Church and a choir director, wore many hats in her...
Gardner Taylor (1918-2015)
Gardner Taylor was a civil rights advocate, social change agent, prominent minister, and leader within the National Baptist Convention. Taylor...
Raphael G. Warnock (1969- )
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock is the senior pastor at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, once led by Reverends Martin Luther King...
Donald Dean Haley (1932-2018)
Donald Dean Haley, was an attorney King County Superior Court judge, one of thirteen founders and past president of the...
Reverend Henry Clay Anderson (1911-1998)
Reverend Henry Clay Anderson was a pastor, teacher, veteran, and photographer, best known for capturing the lives of the black...
Gladys Mae West (1930- )
Dr. Gladys West is a mathematician whose calculations and computer programming helped construct a geoid (a mathematical model of the...
