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20 hours ago · Booker T. Washington. Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite . Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia, Washington was freed ...
20 hours ago · The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC ), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists ( GCB ), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian body in the United States. [1] [2] The SBC is a cooperation of fully autonomous, independent ...
- SBC; GCB
- May 8–12, 1845, Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
- 13,223,122 (2022), Weekly attendance = 3,800,000 (2022)
- Bart Barber
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20 hours ago · James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and mass murderer who led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. In what he termed "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978.
- Gunshot to the head (consistent with suicide)
- James Warren Jones, May 13, 1931, Crete, Indiana, U.S.
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- Leader of Peoples Temple
20 hours ago · United States portal. v. t. e. Bayard Rustin ( / ˈbaɪ.ərd / BY-ərd; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- August 24, 1987 (aged 75), New York City, U.S.
- March 17, 1912, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
20 hours ago · Religion. Opposition and resistance. Related. v. t. e. Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies.
20 hours ago · PRIME RIB TAKEOUT DINNER: Saratoga – Wilton Elks Lodge #161 presents a Prime Rib Dinner for curbside pickup on May 8, from 4:30-6:00 pm. Call 518-584-2585, Monday or Tuesday between 10 am and ...
20 hours ago · United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church ( UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [8] denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelicalism. The present denomination was founded in 1968 in Dallas, Texas, by ...
