The inaugural meeting of the State Convention of Colored Baptists in Kentucky continues this day in the Fifth Street Baptist Church of Louisville. Some 5,000 persons are present, representative of a dozen congregations in the state. The first officers of the convention are: Rev. H. Adams, pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church, Louisville as President;…
Today in Louisville, Kentucky the state’s leading black Baptists gather to form their first statewide organization. The Kentucky State Convention of Colored Baptists convenes at the Fifth Street Baptist Church, representing dozens of black Baptist churches throughout the state. The organization’s overriding mission is to teach the Gospel and establish educational institutions for black Baptists.The…
Independence Day celebrations return to a nation undivided. For white Southerners, many impoverished in the wake of their Confederacy’s defeat, the day is the darkest July 4th ever as free blacks and U.S. soldiers parade through Southern cities and the Emancipation Proclamation is read alongside the Declaration of Independence. Evidencing little to no regard for…