Who was the first African American nun in the Roman Catholic Church in America?
Mathilda Beasley
100
What is the largest African American religious denomination?
Baptist
100
Who was the first African American missionary to the American Indians in 1785?
John Marrant
100
Who is the founder of the Church of God in Christ?
Charles Mason
100
In 1843 this preacher, union spy, and anti-slave lecturer changed her name to one meaning “preacher.”
Sojourner Truth
200
#1 Who was national President of the United Church of Christ in 1976?
#2 What Baptist preacher sought the Democratic nomination for President in 1984 and 1988?
#1 Rev. Joseph Evans
#2 Rev. Jesse Jackson
200
America’s largest protestant denomination publicly apologized to African Americans for its historic role in defending racial segregation. Name the group.
Southern Baptist Convention
200
Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. was a member of this Atlanta church.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
200
Who, in 1977, became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest?
Pauli Murray
200
In 1929 she founded the first African American Roman Catholic Order in America.
Elizabeth Lange
300
Who, in 1990, became the first African American man in America to head a Catholic parish?
Cora Billings
300
In 1884 she became the first woman ordained a deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
Julia Foote
300
In 1903 she founded the Trinitarian Pentecostal Movement and organized the first demonstration to recognize ordained women.
Magdalena Lewis
300
In 1966, this Lake Charles, Louisiana native became the first catholic bishop in Louisiana. Give his name and title.
Harold Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans
300
In 1969 he was elected President of the predominantly White American Baptist Convention.
Rev. Thomas Kilgore
400
What local African American catholic priest blessed Interstate 49, the longest interstate in Louisiana?
Father August Thompson
400
What preacher and son of ex-slaves from Louisiana was largely responsible for the spread of the Pentecostal religion worldwide?
William Joseph Seymour
400
The first African American marriage was recorded in this year.
1644
400
In 1880, what organization was formed when African American Baptist congregations united?
National Baptist Convention
400
Name 2 African American church affiliated universities in Louisiana.
Dillard University and Xavier University
500
Before the Civil War, African American Catholics were largely confined to these two states.
Louisiana and Maryland
500
She was the first African American female holiness evangelist beginning her ministry in 1870.
Amanda Berry Smith
500
In 1624 he became the first African American child baptized.
William Tucker
500
In 1978 he was elected President of the National Council of Churches.
William Howard, Jr.
500
This is the first verse to what song: “Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring?” How is it used?
“Lift Every Voice and Sing,” adopted as Negro National Anthem