Famous Black Episcopalians
Spirituals
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Quotable Quotes
Black History Month
100
I was the first African-American Episcopal priest, ordained in 1802
Who is Absalom Jones?
100
This spiritual looks toward heaven as a place of rest and deliverance, using imagery of being carried home
What is Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?
100
In 1964, Dr. King became the youngest person at the time to receive this international honor
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
100
"I know why the caged bird sings."
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
This formerly enslaved woman became a key conductor on the Underground Railroad and led dozens to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
I was the first African-American Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Who is Michael B. Curry?
200
Drawing on the Exodus story, this song became a powerful anthem of liberation for enslaved people in America
What is Go Down, Moses?
200
This landmark 1965 legislation was influenced by the Selma to Montgomery marches led in part by Dr. King
What is the Voting Rights Act?
200
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
She was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
300
I was the first African-American woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest in 1977
Who is Pauli Murray?
300
This song proclaims personal hope and faith using the metaphor of light shining despite darkness
What is This Little Light of Mine?
300
Dr. King served as pastor of this Atlanta church, where he and his father both preached
What is Ebenezer Baptist Church?
300
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
In 1967, this Supreme Court case struck down laws banning interracial marriage in the United States
What is Loving v. Virginia?
400
I was consecrated in 1874 as the first Black bishop, serving Haiti
Who is James Theodore Augustus Holly?
400
This energetic spiritual celebrates a miraculous military victory from the Hebrew Bible
What is Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho?
400
This phrase describes Dr. King’s vision of a society rooted in justice, equality, and community.
What is the “Beloved Community”?
400
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”
Who is Malcolm X?
400
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
Who is Langston Hughes?
500
We became the first Black Episcopal parish in 1794, located in Philadelphia
What is St. Thomas African Episcopal Church?
500
This spiritual uses water imagery that has been linked to both baptism and strategies for escape from bondage
What is Wade in the Water?
500
This Southern Christian organization was co-founded by Dr. King in 1957 to advance nonviolent civil rights activism
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
500
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
Who is James Baldwin?
500
This historian and author is known as the “Father of Black History” and helped establish Negro History Week, which later became Black History Month
Who is Carter G. Woodson?