...Richard Allen was a regular man whose contributions greatly impacted American society. A self educated man, he was not a visionary nor did he enter this world privileged. Rather he was a man who knew what he believed and stood by those beliefs no matter what the consequences. He was an exemplary man by any standard, and influential for both black and white Americans both in his day and for years to come. BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Richard Allen was born into slavery on February 14, 1760, in Philadelphia. Not much is known of his childhood, including the names and birthdates of his parents and siblings. However his father is said to have been of pure African descent while his mother was of mixed blood. At the time of Richard’s birth he and his family were owned by prominent local lawyer Benjamin Chew. However, poor economic conditions and increasing competition from younger lawyers brought about a decline in Chew’s law practice by the latter part of the decade. In order to prevent public embarrassment to his family he was forced to sell six members of the Allen family; father, mother, and four children including young Richard. The Allen family was sold as a unit which was untypical in those days, as families were usually broken apart and sold off as individuals. The new owner of the Allen family was a man named Stokeley Sturgis who farmed in Kent County near Dover, Delaware. Eventually Stokeley also ran into economic difficulties and sold Allen's parents and three of his younger siblings...
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...Jerrie Ridley 22159993 007130 Bridget "Biddy" Mason Nurse, mid-wife, successful entrepreneur, and generous contributor, are just a few of the words to describe, Bridget Biddy Mason. Mason’s life story is a portrait of what one woman can accomplish if she strives to better her life. Born to slave parents in Mississippi on August 15, 1818, and eventually raised in Georgia. Mason was given as a wedding present to Robert Smith and his wife, Rebecca to be used as a slave on his plantation. It was during Mason’s years with Smith, that she conceived and delivered three daughters. According to a plethora of sources, the father of the three daughters was in fact her slave owner, Robert Smith.("From slavery to entrepreneur, Biddy Mason") During her years as a slave on the plantation, Mason performed the normal duties that were expected on the plantations. Mostly likely working in both the house and land that the Smith’s owned. However, Despite that she was forbidden to read or write; Mason did acquire many skills that would be beneficial to her and her family in the coming years. After working on a plantation in Mississippi owned by Robert Marion Smith, Mason migrated to Utah with the Smiths, whom had converted to Mormonism. During the grueling two-thousand-mile journey, Mason herded cattle, prepared meals, and worked as a nurse and midwife. It was the year 1849 when California drafted a constitution forbidding slavery, and in September 1850 California joined the Union as a...
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...Biographical Essay John Wesley Bishop Richard Allen by David Walter History of Christianity Course TH 605. NA Dr. Louis DeCaro November 7, 2012 Church history is intertwined with many historical dates, events, and personalities. Two extraordinary influential personalities that shaped the landscape of early church history are John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. The organizational skills and leadership of John Wesley and Richard Allen is the foundation for the permanence of the Methodist denomination. John Wesley was an Anglican minister and Christian theologian. Wesley is recognized as the founding father of the Methodist faith. His conversion to Methodism occurred while attending an outdoor evangelism service conducted by George Whitfield. Wesley, an 18th Century preacher, held to Arminianism which was the prevailing faith of the Church of England. Wesley persuaded others to experience a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The traditions of Wesley, known as Wesleyanism, gave beginnings to many powerful church movements: Methodist, Holiness, Pentecostalism, Charismatic, and Neo-charismatic. Wesley stressing evangelism purified Arminianism and the doctrine of justified by faith was reformed. John Wesley was born June 28, 1703 in Epworth, Linconshire, England. He was the fifteenth child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley. As the custom of that day, his...
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...Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the African American civil-rights movement and the American labor movement. Randolph was born April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Florida, the second son of the Rev. James William Randolph, a tailor and minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Elizabeth Robinson Randolph, a skilled seamstress. Randolph attended the Cookman Institute in East Jacksonville, for years the only academic high school in Florida for African Americans. Randolph excelled in literature, drama and public speaking. He also starred on the school's baseball team, sang solos with its choir and was valedictorian of the 1907 graduating class. After graduation, Randolph worked odd jobs and devoted his time to singing, acting and reading. Reading W. E. B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk convinced him that the fight for social equality was most important. At the age of 21 in 1910, Randolph joined the Socialist Party of America. He moved to New York City in 1911 where he met Chandler Owen who shared Randolph's intellectual interests and close collaborator. In 1913, Randolph married Mrs. Lucille Campbell Green who also shared his socialist views. With the help of the Socialist Party Of America Randolph and Chandler Owen founded the Messenger, a radical monthly magazine, which campaigned against lynching, opposed U.S. participation in World War I, urged African Americans to resist being drafted, to fight for an integrated society, and recommended...
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...Teaching Experience Brigette Davila Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V March 22, 2015 Teaching Experience Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn, these are the words of Benjamin Franklin. Teaching a young adult church group of African-American young ladies ages 18-25 about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) can be challenging yet, if learning was a success in only one person, then teaching was achieved. In the next few paragraphs the teacher will summarize a teaching plan, evaluate the teaching experience, provide the community response to the teaching, and identify the areas of strengths and areas of improvement from the teaching. The Teaching Plan As part of the teaching plan the teacher needs to research and be knowledgeable about the subject which in this case is STDs. After being knowledgeable about the subject at hand the teaching is more applicable to those who will listen. The teacher will discuss with the students briefly what the lesson will be about and will benchmark the students' level of knowledge on the subject. Then will expose the students to the lesson's objectives (Lewis, 2015). It is also important to identify the type of learners that will adapt to the lesson. To understand adult learners it was imperative to understand the different learning domains and styles and understand how and why adults learn. The domains of learning can be categorized as cognitive domain (knowledge), psychomotor domain (skills) and affective...
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...ASA PHILIP RANDOLPH JONATHAN D. DUPREE WEBSTER UNIVERSITY HRMG 5930 DANNY KAIL, INSTRUCTOR ABSTRACT Asa Philip Randolph, civil rights leader and trade unionist, was born in Crescent City, Florida on April 15, 1889. He was the second of two sons of James, a traveling minister, and Elizabeth, a devoted member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Both parents were strong supporters of equal rights for African Americans and had an overwhelming influence on Randolph. He and his older brother William would often play childhood games that included role playing in which they worked for African American rights. Randolph and his brother were both superior students and attended the Cookman Institute in East Jacksonville, the only academic high school in Florida for African Americans. Randolph excelled in literature, drama and public speaking. It would be Randolph’s strong family influence and academic ambitions that would provide the foundation for his journey on the quest for fair economic and trade rights and racial equality for African Americans. After graduating high school and working numerous odd jobs Randolph devoted his time to singing, acting and reading. Influenced by W. E. B. Du Bois’ “The Souls of Black Folk”, Randolph was convinced that the fight for social equality was more important than almost anything else (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph, 2011). Segregation and racial discrimination against blacks was increasing exponentially each...
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...Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915), was an African American leader and the 12 elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, argued for African American emigration to Africa. Henry McNeal Turner's life was guided by a faith in the capabilities of himself and his people. He grew up in Abbeville, South Carolina. He was born free, and raised by his mother and maternal grandmother. Legend had it that his paternal grandfather was an African prince. As a young boy, Turner dreamed that millions of people would look to him as a teacher, and he was determined to act on that vision. But first, he had to learn to read and write; in South Carolina, teaching blacks to do either was forbidden. Turner was raised in the heart of the Confederacy, where it was illegal for blacks to learn to read and write. His mother would often try to arrange lessons for him, but each time she would found out about the sessions, it was too late and the lessons ended. Finally, an elderly slave taught him to sound out words, and Turner wrote that an angel would come to him in his dreams and teach him the connection between sounds and the alphabet. Because Turner was unable to go to school he was forced to work in local cotton fields but later ran away and found a job as sweeper for Abbeville law office, around 1849. His education progressed when the lawyers at a firm tested his memory by teaching him science. Within four years, he had learned enough to become a licensed preacher. He was...
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... This church is an African Methodist Episcopal church. It is located in downtown Frederick on East 3rd Street. Picture #2 This is a photo of the window of the Quinn Chapel AME. It depicts Jesus guiding lambs. Picture #3 This is the sign in front of the Saints Peter and Paul church. Its purpose is to welcome people to the church, show upcoming events, and service hours. Picture #4 This is a picture of the Saints Peter and Paul church located on West 7th Street in downtown Frederick. It is a Greek Orthodox Church. Picture #5 This is a picture of Willy and I standing out front of the Greek Orthodox Church. You can tell a little bit from the picture but there was a lot of vegetation in front of the church. Picture #6 This is a picture of the Beth Sholom Congregation church found in downtown Frederick. It is a Jewish Church. The interesting thing about this church is that it looked more like a regular building rather than a traditional looking church. Picture #7 This is a picture of one of the many windows in front of the Jewish church. It shows various Jewish symbols and items such as dradils. Picture #8 This is a picture of a plaque outside of the Beth Sholom Congregation church. It says “WITH THE HELP OF HEAVEN” and it includes some numbers. I’m not sure exactly what the meaning of this is but it looked sacrite. Picture #9 This is a picture of the Majid behind Wolf Furniture. This is an Islam church. It is...
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... Dr. D. Kortright DavisProfessorEvaluation of My Church Experience | Jacqueline D. Rooths 2/23/2012 Jacqueline D. Rooths 2/23/2012 I have attended five churches in my life. Born and baptized in the old Israel Baptist Church. During the height of the Civil Rights movement, my family transferred membership to the Church of the Redeemer Presbyterian church in Washington DC; we relocated to Long Island in my senior year of high school and we joined Memorial Presbyterian church. As an adult, I joined Hemingway African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church and for the past 24 years, I have been a member of Union Bethel A.M.E church. I stood on the fringes of the first four churches, observing from a far, but by virtue of age and experience I have been intimately involved in the bowels of Union Bethel A.M.E. church. Each church denomination has their body of governance. The Baptist denominations follow congregational church governance in which each individual congregation is governed autonomously, free from the direct control of any other body. The Presbyterian Church has a democratic form of city and church government called "presbyterian," meaning "governed by elders." The Presbyterian Church is a connectional church, functioning on several levels, the first level being the local church. Local churches are grouped geographically into Presbyteries...
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...the people you trust to run your country tell you that you’re wrong for it. In the editorial, “ The truth of ‘Black Lives Matter’ ” published by New York Times Opinion Pages, the writer talks about how the Republican Party is trying to demonize the protest movement that is the result of “all-too-common” deaths of unarmed African Americans by police officers and uses logos and pathos to get his point across. The writer uses logos throughout most of this article. He adds an insert of former governor Mike Huckabee saying “ The Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were he alive, would be appalled by the movement’s focus on the skin color of the unarmed people who are disproportionately killed in encounters with the police.”(Opinion Pages Writers). The writer goes on to say that “This argument betrays a disturbing indifference to or at best a profound ignorance of history in general and of the civil rights movement in particular.” (Opinion Pages Writers). By saying this he prepares the readers for facts and talks about them in depth so the reader will understand. The writer discussed how the movement focused on bringing an end to state-sanctioned violence against African Americans and to acts of racial terror. By stating the reason for the movement he clearly gives his reasoning for his opinion and goes on to prove his case using more...
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...the successes of African Americans in the period 1800-1860 include: • Mathematician and surveyor Benjamin Banneker published an almanac and helped lay out the new capital in the District of Columbia. • Joshua Johnston won praise for his portraiture • Merchant Paul Cuffee acquired a small fortune from his business enterprises. • Throughout the North, largely unknown men and women founded schools, mutual-benefit organizations and fellowship groups, often called Free African Societies. Discriminated against white Protestants, they formed their own congregations and new religious denomination – the African Methodist Church, headed by Bishop Richard Allen. • The Ohio Constitution outlawed slavery. It also prohibited free blacks from voting. The Ohio Legislature passed the first “Black Laws” which placed other restrictions on free African Americans living in the state. • The Lewis and Clark Expedition explored newly purchased Louisiana and the Pacific Northwest. An African American, York, is prominent in the expedition. • Great Britain abolishes the importation of enslaved Africans into its colonial possessions. • The United States government abolished the importation of enslaved Africans, however, the ban is widely ignored. Between 1808 and 1860, approximately 250,000 blacks are illegally imported into the United States. Slave trading within the states (the domestic trade) continues until the end of the Civil War. • Previously independent African American schools become...
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...dance recitals ) School Talent Shows ( 2 talent shows in high school, 4 in middle school) Student Council– Student body treasurer for two years Duties include– collecting class , dues prom fees, addressing the class at assemblies, organizing class meetings , and organizing Prom National Honor Society( member for 2 years) References Name, Position. Company, Phone Name, Position. Company, Phone Black Success Academy ( member for 4 years ) Affiliation of the young minorities of Northeast High School School Choir ( member for a year) Girls in Transition ( from age 10 to 17) Affiliation of the young women of Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church helping them to become successful Church Choir( from age 3– 15) Church’s YPD (...
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...GREATER BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH GAINESVILLE, FL LAY ORGANIZATION MONTHLY LAY ACTIVITY NOVEMBER 30, 2011 DELPHINE JACKSON, DIRECTOR OF LAY ACTIVITIES WHAT IS THE LAY ORGANIZATION WHO ARE LAYMEN? YOU ARE! The Lay Organization is a movement to provide greater leadership opportunities for the Lay members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It’s membership should include Trustees, Stewards, Class Leaders, Missionary Workers, Ushers, Deaconesses, Stewardess, Choir Members, Sunday School Workers and Students, Young People Department, members of all Commissions, and so forth. The goals of the local organization include study, worship, fellowship and service at the local, conference, district and connectional levels. Our aim is to be Christ-centered and to strengthen the church. Our concern is for the total church and to maintain a happy working relationship between the pastor and lay. We encourage every home to purchase and study the A.M.E. Discipline, which outlines the workings of the church. The Lay Organization has resolved to take steps to influence decisions regarding church policy, while decisions are under consideration, rather than debating them after they have been made or almost enacted into law. We can make our point of view known on all important issues of our church, and in legislating, we must think of the Connectional Church ….the total church. Your Lay Organization is a vital tool that can be used for effective change, if change is deemed necessary...
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...Biddy Mason MBOGO .W. APOLLO ( MOI UNIVERSITY) Institution’s name: Professor’s name: Date: Biddy Mason Biddy Mason was an African-American philanthropist who desires to offer challenge to many people especially in her quest to overcome life challenges. Popularly, the African American citizens were readily held as slaves. She was not an exceptional. She had three daughters who are predicted to have been fathered by Smith, their master. Although slaves were lowly regarded in the society of the time, Biddy makes a series of maneuvers in an attempt to make life better until her focus as well as devotion changes her life, her close relatives and community at large. Her legacy in the community is evidenced in two main ways. Firstly, a tombstone that marked her commemoration was elected on March 27, 1988. Secondly, November 16, 1989 was purposely declared as Mason day. An erection of a statute to remember her achievements was made at Broadway spring centre. Biddy Mason presents a typical visionary parent whose success not only benefits her but also other people especially the needy. Her determination in life is worth praise. She struggles a lot with her three daughters. Even though slaves are lowly regarded in the American society, she still focuses to make sure that all goes well. Her master, Smith and her wife keep on changing their residents with time. She never takes any experience for granted. For instance, she uses...
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...seizure palooza on the floor. Imagine a grown adult running around with his hands in the air like a five year old playing with his toy airplane while women, men, and children cry uncontrollably. If you are an optimist you would think that maybe this group of people just won a million dollars and are in shock. If you are a pessimist, you would say with certainty that you just witnessed several demonic possessions. The reality of this perplexing sight is simply a group of upstanding Christian people worshipping the good Lord. Interestingly, this peculiar way of worship is known as Pentecostalism, a Christian movement derived from the Protestant Reformation. Pentecostals are protestants that believe in the Trinity, but strongly emphasize the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. It is believed that special spiritual gifts are obtained through the Holy Ghost, which allow believers to be in direct communion with God. In order to obtain the special...
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