African American Religious LeadersJohn Wiley & Sons, 2008 M02 13 - 168 pages BLACK STARS Meet the black religious leaders who helpedshape the AfricanAmerican experience--from colonial to modern times * Absalom Jones * Richard Allen * Jarena Lee * Lemuel Haynes * Peter Williams Sr. * Peter Williams Jr. * John Marrant * Denmark Vesey * Sojourner Truth * Nat Turner * Maria Stewart * John Jasper * Alexander Crummell * Henry Highland Garnett * Henry McNeal Turner * Richard Henry Boyd * Bishop C. M. "Sweet Daddy" Grace * Vernon Johns * Elijah Muhammad * Howard Thurman * Adam Clayton Powell Jr. * Joseph E. Lowery * Malcolm X * Martin Luther King Jr. * Andrew J. Young * James L. Bevel * John Lewis * Prathia Hall Wynn * Jesse L. Jackson * Vashti Murphy McKenzie * Fredrick J. Streets * Al Sharpton * Renita J. Weems * T. D. Jakes |
Contents
PART ONE LEADERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA | 5 |
PART TWO LEADESR OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA | 25 |
PART THREE LEADERS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA AND THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY | 55 |
PART FOUR LEADERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA | 83 |
PART FIVE LEADERS OF TODAY | 123 |
NOTES | 151 |
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PICTURE CREDITS | 157 |
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