Theme
Faith Communities
Explore this theme across 65 historical figures, 81 heritage sites,6 lessons, 13 cultural references, and 1 journeys.
Historical Figures
Enslaved Africans of colonial New York
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Howard Dodson
1939–?
Richard Allen
1959–?
Absalom Jones
1746–1818
Daniel Payne
1978–?
Henry McNeal Turner
1834–1915
Harriet Tubman
1822–1913
Frederick Douglass
1818–1895
Sojourner Truth
1797–1883
Paul Robeson
1898–1976
James Varick
1750–1827
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929–1968
Fred Shuttlesworth
1922–2011
Booker T. Washington
1856–1915
Creek Freedmen settlers
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Black Oklahoma Territory settlers
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William Lloyd Garrison
1805–1879
Lewis Hayden
1811–1889
54th Massachusetts Regiment
1863–1865
William Henry Miles
1888–1975
Richard Vanderhorst
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Charles Harrison Mason
1864–1961
Andraé Crouch
1942–2015
Rosa Parks
1913–2005
Ralph Abernathy
1926–1990
Jo Ann Robinson
1912–1992
Denmark Vesey
1767–1822
Clementa Pinckney
1973–2015
Nine Charleston Martyrs
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Freedpeople of Houston
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Reverend Jack Yates
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Penn Center founders
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Gullah Geechee community leaders
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John Rankin
1750–1798
Jean Rankin
1953–?
Eliza Harris (Civil War Nurse)
1831–1891
Father Damien
1840–1889
Mother Marianne Cope
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Maggie L. Walker
1867–1934
Coretta Scott King
1927–2006
Martin Luther King Sr.
1899–1984
Mary McLeod Bethune
1875–1955
Richard Henry Boyd
1843–1922
Samuel C. Tolbert Jr.
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Elias Camp Morris
1855–1922
Joseph H. Jackson
1884–1963
T.J. Jemison
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William Augustus Jones Jr.
1934–2006
Benjamin 'Pap' Singleton
1809–1900
W.R. Hill
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Z.T. Fletcher
1846–1927
Exoduster settlers
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Laura Towne
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Ellen Murray
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Thomas A. Dorsey
1899–1993
Ralph David Abernathy
1926–1990
Gardner C. Taylor
1918–2015
L. Venchael Booth
1919–2002
Robert Smalls
1839–1915
Charlotte Forten Grimké
1837–1912
Henry Adams
1838–1918
John Cummings
1943–2017
Dr. Ibrahima Seck
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Enslaved people of Whitney Plantation
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Enslaved African Americans
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Heritage Sites
Abyssinian Baptist Church
New York, NY
African Burial Ground National Monument
New York, NY
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church — National Headquarters
Philadelphia, PA
African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church — National Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
Allen University
Columbia, SC
American Baptist College
Nashville, TN
Arkansas Baptist College
Little Rock, AR
Barber-Scotia College
Concord, NC
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (Ne Vunda Monument)
Rome, Italy
Benedict College
Columbia, SC
Bennett College
Greensboro, NC
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
Birmingham, AL
Boley Historic District
Boley, OK
Boston African American National Historic Site
Boston, MA
Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church — National Headquarters
Memphis, TN
Church of God in Christ (COGIC) — World Headquarters
Memphis, TN
Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC
Clinton College
Rock Hill, SC
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Montgomery, AL
Dillard University
New Orleans, LA
Door of No Return, Ouidah
Ouidah, N/A
Edward Waters University
Jacksonville, FL
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Charleston, SC
Florida Memorial University
Miami Gardens, FL
Freedmen's Town Historic District (Fourth Ward)
Houston, TX
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Freetown,
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
Beaufort, SC
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
Auburn, NY
Huston-Tillotson University
Austin, TX
Igreja de São Domingos
Lisbon, Portugal
Interdenominational Theological Center
Atlanta, GA
Jarvis Christian University
Hawkins, TX
John Rankin House
Ripley, OH
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, NC
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Kalaupapa, HI
Knoxville College
Knoxville, TN
Lane College
Jackson, TN
Little Haiti, Miami
Miami, FL
Livingstone College
Salisbury, NC
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Richmond, VA
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Atlanta, GA
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Washington, DC
Michigan Street Baptist Church
Buffalo, NY
Miles College
Fairfield, AL
Morris Brown College
Atlanta, GA
Morris College
Sumter, SC
Mother Bethel AME Church
Philadelphia, PA
Museo Afroantillano de Panamá
Panama City, Panamá
Museo Casa de África
Havana, La Habana
Museu Afro-Brasileiro (MAFRO)
Salvador, Bahia
National Baptist Convention of America (NBCA) — Headquarters at Simmons College
Louisville, KY
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (NBC) — Baptist World Center
Nashville, TN
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Fayetteville, WV
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Nicodemus, KS
Oakwood University
Huntsville, AL
Paine College
Augusta, GA
Paul Quinn College
Dallas, TX
Penn Center
St. Helena Island, SC
Philander Smith University
Little Rock, AR
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Chicago, IL
Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC) — National Headquarters
Washington, DC
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Beaufort, SC
Rust College
Holly Springs, MS
Saint Augustine's University
Raleigh, NC
Santo Stefano degli Abissini
Vatican City, Vatican City
Selma University
Selma, AL
Shaw University
Raleigh, NC
Shorter College
North Little Rock, AR
Simmons College of Kentucky
Louisville, KY
Southwestern Christian College
Terrell, TX
St. Philip's College
San Antonio, TX
Stillman College
Tuscaloosa, AL
Sumner County, Kansas — Exoduster Settlement Sites
Wellington, KS
Texas College
Tyler, TX
Virginia Union University
Richmond, VA
Virginia University of Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA
Voorhees University
Denmark, SC
Whitney Plantation
Wallace, LA
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce, OH
Wiley College
Marshall, TX
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
Curriculum Lessons
The 1739-1740 Treaties: Freedom With a Price
Unit 3
Maji Maji: A Prophet's Water and Twenty United Peoples
Unit 4
Dance as Liberation: Alvin Ailey & Dance Theater of Harlem
Unit 6.5
Art as Memory, Resistance and Imagination
Unit 10
Many Paths, One Community: Religious Diversity in Black America
Unit 10
The Black Church: Faith, Community and Freedom
Unit 10
Cultural References
Beloved
Toni Morrison · Literature · 1987
Black Girl's Window
Betye Saar · Visual Art · 1969
Lemonade
Beyoncé · Music · 2016
Lift Every Voice and Sing
James Weldon Johnson · Music · 1900
Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp)
Augusta Savage · Visual Art · 1939
Malcolm X
Spike Lee · Film · 1992
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X & Alex Haley · Literature · 1965
The Banjo Lesson
Henry Ossawa Tanner · Visual Art · 1893
The Color Purple
Alice Walker · Literature · 1982
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin · Literature · 1963
The Mis-Education of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill · Music · 1998
This Little Light of Mine
Fannie Lou Hamer / Spiritual Tradition · Music · 1963
We Shall Overcome
Pete Seeger / Civil Rights Movement · Music · 1963