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African American Leaders: Mary McLeod Bethune

July 17, 2023

Each month, the Presbyterian Historical Society is bearing witness to the lives of African American leaders throughout the history of the denomination. Click here to learn how PHS is collecting records of the Black Presbyterian experience through the African American Leaders and Congregations Initiative.

Additionally, a free bulletin insert about each figure is available for download at the end...

Author:

Amalia

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African American Leaders Series, African American Presbyterians

African American Leaders: Warren Julius Nelson, Sr.

June 9, 2023

Warren Julius Nelson. Image from Black Presbyterians in ministry, 1978.

Author:

Allison

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African American Leaders Series, African American Presbyterians

First African Presbyterian Church

June 5, 2023

We've recently helped appraise, pack, and transport original records out of the historic First African Presbyterian Church, now home to New River Presbyterian Church. Organized in 1807 by John Gloucester, First African is the mother congregation of Black Presbyterianism--the first Black Presbyterian congregation in the United States.

Gloucester was born into slavery in 1776 and was manumitted by the Presbyterian missionary...

Author:

David S

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African American Presbyterians, Digitization

Pennsylvania Abolition Society Grant to Digitize Historically Black Church Records

May 30, 2023

Synod of Catawba meeting, 1925.[Pearl ID: 2142]

The Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) is the recipient of a 2023 grant from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society Endowment Fund, following a recommendation by Ms. Cindy Little.

The $1,800 grant, awarded to the Society’s...

Author:

Kristen

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African American History, African American Presbyterians, News and Events

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