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James Solomon Russell : former slave, pioneering educator, and Episcopal evangelist / Worth Earlwood Norman, Jr.
Van Pelt Library BR563.N4 N67 2012
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norman, Worth Earlwood.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russell, James Solomon, 1857-1935.
- Russell, James Solomon.
- African American clergy--Biography.
- African American clergy.
- Church history.
- Virginia.
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Virginia--Church history--19th century.
- Virginia--Church history--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2012]
- Summary:
- "James Solomon Russell (1857-1935) rose to become one of the most prominent African American pastors in the post-Civil War South. This biography explores Solomon's life within the broader context of colonial and Virginia history and chronicles his struggles against the social, political, and religious structures of his day to secure a better future for all people"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Beginnings
- The colony and the commonwealth of Virginia
- Influences
- 1877-1885 annual councils of the diocese of Virginia
- 1886-1892 annual councils of the diocese of Virginia
- The trials and joys of Black entrepreneurial education
- Addressing challenges
- International forums and ideological differences
- Reconciliation and Russell's legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786467891
- 0786467894
- OCLC:
- 791643145
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