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Peter Williams Jr. (1786–1840) was an African-American Episcopal priest, the second ordained in the United States and the first to serve in New York City. He was an abolitionist who also supported free black emigration to Haiti , the black republic that had achieved independence in 1804 in the Caribbean.
Joseph Williams attended Saint Croix Catholic School in Stillwater, Minnesota, and graduated from Stillwater High School in 1992. [1] Williams studied at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMN–Morris) where he was a varsity tennis player and twice competed in the NCAA Division III men's tennis championships. He graduated from UMN–Morris ...
Voodoos and Obeahs is a book by Joseph J. Williams published in 1932. Williams later wrote a companion book, Psychic Phenomena of Jamaica. The book examines the history of voodoo and obeah in the Caribbean, specifically Jamaica and Haiti, traces them back to their roots in Africa and discusses the influence imperialism, slavery and racism had on their development.
John Joseph Williams was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston , serving between 1866 and his death in 1907. Early life and education
Joseph L. Roberts Jr. (February 17, 1935 - February 18, 2015) was an American Baptist pastor. He was the senior pastor of Atlanta 's Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1975 to 2005. Biography
A longtime Roman Catholic priest who grew up in Bristol and served in Providence has died after contracting COVID-19. The Rev. Joseph D. Santos, 62, who was the administrator of Holy Name Parish ...
Civic, community and religious leaders discuss the legacy of Rev. John A. "Pop" Reed Jr. who died on Monday at 86.
William Joseph Seymour (May 2, 1870 – September 28, 1922) was a Holiness Pentecostal preacher who initiated the Azusa Street Revival, an influential event in the rise of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, particularly Holiness Pentecostalism. He was the second of eight children born in an African-American family to emancipated slaves.