African American Religions
AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIONS
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African American Studies , AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, a field of academic and intellectual endeavors—variously labeled Africana Studies, Afro-American Studies, Black Studies, Pa… Monroe Nathan Work , Monroe Work
Monroe Work
Monroe Work (1866-1945), a sociologist, published the Negro Year Book and an extensive bibliography on African Americans. He… Benjamin Lawson Hooks , Benjamin Lawson Hooks
Attorney Benjamin Lawson Hooks (born 1925) was the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colore… Horace R. Cayton , Cayton, Horace 1903–1970
Sociologist
Horace Cayton spent his lifetime attempting to reconcile his two halves. Inheritor both of wealth and of the sla… Fannie Barrier Williams , Williams, Fannie Barrier 1855–1944
Social reformer
Fannie Barrier Williams was a prominent and respected leader in the battle for equal rights for Af… James Mccune Smith , James McCune Smith was born in New York City on April 18, 1813, to an enslaved mother. Both his father, who worked as a merchant, and his mother were…
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