Religious Organizations – Methodist
Edward Giles Irvin (1893-1982)
Edward G. Irvin was a co-founder of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Irvin was born on August 13th, 1893, in Spencer,...
Henry Mason (1931-2020)
Henry “Pistol” Mason was the first Black baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia farm team, the Schenectady Blue Jays in 1955....
Mount Zion United Methodist Church (1816- )
Founded in 1816, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, the oldest continuously operating African American church in Washington DC, is located...
Jonathan Scott Holloway (1967- )
Rutgers University President Jonathan S. Holloway was born July 26, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of an Air Force...
Galloway United Methodist Church (1867- )
Galloway United Methodist Church (UMC) in Falls Church, Virginia, was founded in 1867 by George and Harriet Brice, who are...
Nashville Student Movement (1959-1964)
The Nashville Student Movement (NSM) was a civil rights organization in Nashville, Tennessee. The NSM was established when Rev. James...
Joseph Echols Lowery (1921-2020)
Joseph Echols Lowery was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership...
Thomas Detter (ca. 1830-1891)
Thomas Detter, late 19th century black businessman, Methodist minister, and civil rights advocate, was one of the first black literary...
Martha and the Vandellas (1960-1974)
Martha Reeves, one of Ruby and Elijah Reeves’s eleven children, was born in Eufaula, Alabama on July 18, 1941. Before...
