Celebrate Black History Month

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Bobby Rosell Williams played Pro baseball with the Birmingham Black Barons.

Charles Harts former Mayor of Ninety Six. He was a Deacon and former Sunday school teacher.

DR Benjamin E Mays -In 1940, Mays became the president of Morehouse College. His most famous student there was Martin Luther King Jr. The two developed a close relationship that continued until King's death in 1968

Odean Pope Early in his career, at Philadelphia’s Uptown Theater, Pope played behind a number of noted rhythm and blues artists including James Brown, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.

Celebrating 100 Yrs Young

Remembering From Where We Come

Hi Everyone,
Well it's that time again . Black history month is here and as we celebrate Dr Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and others there is one who is almost foregotten but who was very instrumental in our cause for social justice.

Vernon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was an American minister and civil rights leader who was active in the struggle for civil rights for African Americans from the 1920s.

He is considered the father of the American Civil Rights Movement, having laid the foundation on which Martin Luther King, Jr. and others would build. He was Dr. King's predecessor as pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama from 1947 to 1952, and a mentor of Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Walker, and many others in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Here is his story




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