Murphy Ebenezer Baptist Church

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May 25th: 1878: Tap dancer Luther Robinson, best known as Bill Bojangles Robinson was born in Richmond, Virginia. 1919: Madame C. J. Walker died on May 25, 1919. She was mourned throughout the Black community as a pioneer and a Black industrialist. ... 1937: Henry Ossawa Tanner was born on June 21, 1859 in Pittsburgh, Pa. He died May 25, 1937 in Paris, France. Tanner is an American painter who gained international acclaim for his depiction of landscapes and biblical themes. 1943: Henrietta Bradberry invented the Bed Rack,Patent No. 2,320,027 on May 25, 1943, to attach to the bed frame and allow the bed clothes to hangon it while allowing the bed to air out. 1943: Singer Leslie Uggams, who made her singing debut with the Lawrence Welk Band, was born in New York city. 1949: Jamaica Kincaid is the name of the critically acclaimed novelist whose given name is Elaine Potter Richardson and who was born in St, Johns, Antigua in 1949. Her novels include Lucy and The Autobiography of My Mother. 1970: Octavia Spencer, in full Octavia Lenora Spencer was born on May 25, 1970 in Montgomery, Alabama. Spencer is an actress who is known for her numerous small, generally comic roles before she shot to stardom as one of the lead characters in the film The Help (2011). Spencer won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA award for her performance as an outspoken domestic servant in Mississippi during the early 1960s.

May 10th: 1775: Black patriots participated in the first aggressive action of American forces, the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boy. 1837: Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback was born in rural Georgia. Pinchback entered Louisiana politics after the Civil War and became lieutenant governor of that Reconstruction Era state. For 43 days he actually served the office of governor of the state.... 1930: The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities. The nine NPHC organizations are sometimes collectively referred to as the Divine Nine. The founding members of the NPHC were Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, and Zeta Phi Beta. The council's membership expanded as Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Iota Phi Theta joined this coalition of Black Greek letter organizations (BGLOs). 1963: Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth announced agreement on limited integration plan which ended the Birmingham demonstrations. 1990: Jackie Robinson appears on the cover of Life magazine; the first time an African American is featured on the cover in the magazine’s history. 1994: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa.

Sunday School Training Union 5th Sunday Service May 30, 2021 at 10 am at Allen Chapel Baptist Church. THEME:"Keep The Faith" - Hebrews 11:1