1st Edition

Protest and Progress New York's First Black Episcopal Church Fights Racism

By John Hewitt Copyright 2000
175 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

As both a preeminent scholar of Balck Angelican and Episcopalians and devout parishoner, the late James Hewitt writes an illuminus hsitory of one of the most famous black congregrations in America. From its humble beginnings, St. Philip's originated from classes conducted by Elais Neau and other Angelic clerks for the society for the propagations of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. From these... Read more
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: How the Episcopal Faith Came to Black New Yorkers; Chapter 2: Peter Williams, Jr: New York's First Black Episcopal Priest; Chapter 3: The Racial Attack on St. Philip's Church; Chapter 4: Continuing the Fight Against Racism; Chapter 5: Mr. Downing and His Oyster House; Chapter 6: Elizabeth Jennings: A Woman to Remember; Chapter 7: Reaching Toward the End of the First Century; Index.

Biography

John Hamilton Hewitt, Jr. (1924 - 2000) The author's education included Harvard College (1941-1943) and New York University (Bachelor of Arts, 1948; and Master of Arts, 1949). He began his professional career as a reporter for the People's Voice and the New York Amsterdam News. He then went to Morehouse College as a professor of English, and later Co-Chairman of the Division of Humanities, 1948-52. Hewitt served as a staff writer for Frontiers of Psychiatry, and associate editor of Medical Tribune, also as managing editor of Hospital Practice. Hewitt was also a freelance medical writer, editor and public relations professional. Hewitt penned innumerable article on Haitian and African American art for several magazines and journals, and was listed in the Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who Among African Americans.