Throughout the South many black Baptist churches are now hosting schools for freedmen, both children and adults. White Southerners for generations prevented slaves from obtaining education via state and local laws. Many insisted that blacks were simply unable to learn. Now, against the wishes of many whites who believe that blacks should remain in servitude,…
Six months following the conclusion of the war, many Baptist churches in the South are just now resuming congregational life with some sense of normalcy. Some do not reopen until this month, while others continue adjusting to the realities of freedom for black members. This month the Oak Grove Baptist Church of Arkansas finally reopens…
The California State Convention of the Colored Citizens concludes this day. Many Baptists are among the delegates who at the conclusion of the gathering issue an “Address by the State Convention of Colored Citizens to the People of California,” which reads as follows: “Fellow-Citizens: The Convention of colored citizens, assembled in Sacramento on the 25th,…