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"I am here to demand my rights
and to hurl thunderbolts at the man who would dare
to cross the threshold of my manhood. . ..."
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THIS PREACHER PACKS A PISTOL
-BIO-
This African American clergyman is
remembered mostly as one of the first Bishops in
the African American Episcopal Church, yet his
occupations were many. He was an army chaplain,
political organizer, magazine editor, college
chancellor and preacher.
From his youth he was active in
Georgia politics. During reconstruction he worked
with Georgia politicians with hopes to make life
for 19th century Georgia a better place for
blacks. During his political career this African
American introduced bills for higher education for
blacks and for the creation of a Black militia
to protect black people form the Klu Klux
Klan. He also introduced a bill to give women
the right to vote.
He later became frustrated with the
treatment that Black people received in the south
and vigorously encouraged black people to return
to Africa. He had the support of thousands of
black peasants and sharecroppers in the south.
This outstanding gentleman was a
theologian and the thinking of the Black church
was a major concern to him. Much of his time was
spent trying to explain the relationship between
God, history and the struggle of black people in
America.
He would declare that, "God is
a Negro." He told black people to reject
everything that the white church said about the
inferiority of blacks. Turner believed that the
role of the black church was to develop racial
pride and consciousness among the millions of
blacks that had been beaten down by centuries of
slavery and oppression.
He played a major role in the
introduction of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church into South Africa.
Q.
Who was he?
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BLACK HISTORY QUIZ ANSWER
Henry
McNeal Turner, 1834-1915
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