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href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">Nebraska Legislature</a></span><br />from the 5th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1949–1962</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dr. Harry Foster</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Danner" title="Edward Danner">Edward Danner</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1876-02-02</span>)</span>February 2, 1876<br /><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 21, 1962<span style="display:none">(1962-04-21)</span> (aged 86)<br /><a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Hattie Bowman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_University_(Pennsylvania)" title="Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)">Lincoln University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gammon_Theological_Seminary" class="mw-redirect" title="Gammon Theological Seminary">Gammon Theological Seminary</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jackson_State_University" title="Jackson State University">Campbell College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Minister and Lawyer<sup id="cite_ref-1960_Blue_Book_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1960_Blue_Book-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Adams Sr.</b> (February 2, 1876 – April 21, 1962) was an American minister, lawyer, and politician and a member of the unicameral <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">Nebraska Legislature</a>. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, was a lawyer and minister in <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington state</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> before settling in <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1960_Blue_Book_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1960_Blue_Book-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in South Carolina he took a civil rights case to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> where he lost. He was the only black member of the Nebraska unicameral for much of his tenure from 1949 to 1962. He was an ordained minister and at the time of his death was presiding elder of the <a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a> (AME). As a legislator, he was an outspoken champion of <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> and fought for fair employment practices and pensions for retired teachers.<sup id="cite_ref-owh_obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-owh_obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Adams_Sr._(Nebraska_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adams was born February 2, 1876, in Atlanta, Georgia,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the John and Belle Adams. On September 16, 1902 he married Hattie Edith Bowman daughter of John and Melissa Bowman in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>. He attended high school in Atlanta public schools and attended <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_University_(Pennsylvania)" title="Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)">Lincoln University</a> in Pennsylvania, <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gammon_Theological_Seminary" class="mw-redirect" title="Gammon Theological Seminary">Gammon Theological Seminary</a>, and received a Masters of Arts from AME affiliated <a href="/wiki/Jackson_State_University" title="Jackson State University">Campbell College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-owh_obit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-owh_obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had three sons, <a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Jr._(Nebraska)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Adams Jr. (Nebraska)">John</a>, Harold S. and Ralph W. John Jr. and Ralph joined John Sr. as partners in a law practice in the 1930s. Adams died of a heart attack on the morning of Saturday, April 22, 1962. The Governor and many members of the state legislature attended his funeral.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Adams_Sr._(Nebraska_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While not formally trained as a lawyer, Adams was first admitted to the bar in South Carolina during the early 1900s. He practiced law in <a href="/wiki/Orangeburg,_South_Carolina" title="Orangeburg, South Carolina">Orangeburg, South Carolina</a> in a firm with <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Moorer" title="Jacob Moorer">Jacob Moorer</a>, who was also black. In 1908, Moorer and Adams served as counsel for African American <a href="/wiki/Sharecropper" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharecropper">sharecropper</a> Pink Franklin who killed a white <a href="/wiki/Constable" title="Constable">constable</a> who had come to arrest him, arguing that the act was in self-defense as Pink and his wife, Patsy, were both wounded and claimed the officer fired first. In a tense racial environment, Franklin was found guilty and sentenced to death by an <a href="/wiki/All-white_jury" class="mw-redirect" title="All-white jury">all-white jury</a>. Moorer and Adams appealed, challenging the racial composition of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Petit_jury" title="Petit jury">petit jury</a> as well as the constitutionality of <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_South_Carolina" title="Constitution of South Carolina">South Carolina's 1895 Constitution</a>. They lost in state courts and appealed to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> where they again lost in <i><a href="/wiki/Franklin_v._South_Carolina" title="Franklin v. South Carolina">Franklin v. South Carolina</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The case received national attention and finally in 1919, Franklin sentence was <a href="/wiki/Commutation_of_sentence" class="mw-redirect" title="Commutation of sentence">commuted</a> and he was released on <a href="/wiki/Parole" title="Parole">parole</a> due to the continued efforts of Moorer and Adams, but also the efforts of <a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" title="Booker T. Washington">Booker T. Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Garrison_Villard" title="Oswald Garrison Villard">Oswald Garrison Villard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joel_Elias_Spingarn" title="Joel Elias Spingarn">Joel Elias Spingarn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frances_Blascoer" title="Frances Blascoer">Frances Blascoer</a>, Bernard Hagood, and Claude Sawyer<sup id="cite_ref-Hine2014_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hine2014-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That occasion marked the second time black lawyers had appeared before the Supreme Court.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adams left South Carolina after that case and moved to Washington State and then to <a href="/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado" title="Pueblo, Colorado">Pueblo, Colorado</a> where he continued to practice law. After moving to Omaha and was admitted to the Nebraska bar on motion in 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adams also served as president of <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Payne_College" title="Daniel Payne College">Daniel Payne University</a> at <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a> in 1935 where he served for four years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Adams' son, John Adams Jr. was a Nebraska State Legislator from 1935 to 1941. In 1942, John Jr. lost in an election against dentist Dr. Harry A Foster. In 1944, while Adams Jr. was serving in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Adams Sr. decided to run for that seat, in Nebraska's fifth district, losing to Foster. Adams Sr. lost again in a <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a> in 1946. In 1948, Adams Sr. won, winning again against Foster in every election until 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a legislator, he was an outspoken champion of civil rights and fought for fair employment practices and pensions for retired teachers. He also was known for his opposition to gambling and vehemently opposed the legalization of <a href="/wiki/Bingo_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bingo (U.S.)">bingo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-owh_obit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-owh_obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Adams_Sr._(Nebraska_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1960_Blue_Book-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1960_Blue_Book_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1960_Blue_Book_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1960_Blue_Book_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"1960 Nebraska Blue Book", <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://nlcs1.nlc.state.ne.us/statepubsonline/pubs/legisbios/leg1960-1961.pdf">http://nlcs1.nlc.state.ne.us/statepubsonline/pubs/legisbios/leg1960-1961.pdf</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-owh_obit-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-owh_obit_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-owh_obit_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-owh_obit_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"State Senator Adams Dies"; <i>Omaha World Herald</i>; April 21, 1962, p. 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Yesterday in Negro History"; Jet; 6 Feb 1964; p. 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Officials Going to Adams Rights"; <i>Omaha World Herald</i>; April 25, 1962; p. 53</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pink Franklin, Plff. in Err., v. State of South Carolina; 218 U.S. 161 (30 S.Ct. 640, 54 L.Ed. 980); Argued: April 20, 21, 1910. Decided: May 31, 1910. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/218/161">https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/218/161</a> Accessed October 14, 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hine2014-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hine2014_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hine, William C. Pink Franklin: NAACP's first legal case, The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, SC, May 18, 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">William Lewis Burke; "Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times, and His Legacy"; Univ of South Carolina Press, 2004; p. 21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">J. 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(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#CC6666;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hardin" title="Brian Hardin">Brian Hardin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#6699CC;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jen_Day" title="Jen Day">Jen Day</a> (D)</li></ol> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span style="color:#CC6666;">▌</span>Nonpartisan <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Republican_Party" title="Nebraska Republican Party">Republican</a> (33)</li> <li><span style="color:#6699CC;">▌</span>Nonpartisan <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Democratic_Party" title="Nebraska Democratic Party">Democratic</a> (15)</li> <li><span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span>Nonpartisan <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nebraska_state_legislatures" title="List of Nebraska state legislatures">List of past legislatures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Methodist</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Sr._(Nebraska)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Adams Sr. (Nebraska)">John Adams Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Allen_(bishop)" title="Richard Allen (bishop)">Richard Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Allen_(missionary)" title="Sarah Allen (missionary)">Sarah Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_W._Arnett" title="Benjamin W. Arnett">Benjamin W. Arnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lincoln_Blackwell" title="George Lincoln Blackwell">George Lincoln Blackwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Brown" title="Morris Brown">Morris Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamal_Harrison_Bryant" title="Jamal Harrison Bryant">Jamal Harrison Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Richard_Bryant" title="John Richard Bryant">John Richard Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Cain" title="Richard H. Cain">Richard H. Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Carey_Jr." title="Archibald Carey Jr.">Archibald Carey Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Coker" title="Daniel Coker">Daniel Coker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Cone" title="James H. Cone">James H. Cone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Levert_Davis" title="James Levert Davis">James Levert Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Winston_Early" title="Jordan Winston Early">Jordan Winston Early</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orishatukeh_Faduma" title="Orishatukeh Faduma">Orishatukeh Faduma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Flake" title="Floyd Flake">Floyd Flake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Tyler_Guidry" title="Carolyn Tyler Guidry">Carolyn Tyler Guidry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_E._Gorham" title="Sarah E. Gorham">Sarah E. Gorham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Heard_(ambassador)" class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Heard (ambassador)"> William H. Heard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Jackson_(bishop)" title="Reginald Jackson (bishop)">Reginald Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrietta_Phelps_Jeffries" title="Henrietta Phelps Jeffries">Henrietta Phelps Jeffries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Absalom_Jones" title="Absalom Jones">Absalom Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Kinchlow" title="Ben Kinchlow">Ben Kinchlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vashti_Murphy_McKenzie" title="Vashti Murphy McKenzie">Vashti Murphy McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biddy_Mason" title="Biddy Mason">Biddy Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Doolin_Mason" title="Lena Doolin Mason">Lena Doolin Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Meacham" title="Robert Meacham">Robert Meacham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_S._Parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyman S. Parks">Lyman S. Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Payne" title="Daniel Payne">Daniel Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Pearce" title="Charles H. Pearce">Charles H. Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clementa_C._Pinckney" title="Clementa C. Pinckney">Clementa C. Pinckney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Paul_Quinn" title="William Paul Quinn">William Paul Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverdy_Cassius_Ransom" class="mw-redirect" title="Reverdy Cassius Ransom">Reverdy Cassius Ransom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Henry_Singleton" title="Richard Henry Singleton">Richard Henry Singleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Spencer_Smith" title="Charles Spencer Smith">Charles Spencer Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_Gould_Steward" title="Theophilus Gould Steward">Theophilus Gould Steward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McNeal_Turner" title="Henry McNeal Turner">Henry McNeal Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Vernon" title="William Tecumseh Vernon">William Tecumseh Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Ormonde_Walker" title="D. Ormonde Walker">D. Ormonde Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Woodson" title="Lewis Woodson">Lewis Woodson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church">African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Day" title="William H. Day">William H. Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_A._J._Foote" title="Julia A. J. Foote">Julia A. J. Foote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Walker_Hood" title="James Walker Hood">James Walker Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_James_(minister)" title="Thomas James (minister)">Thomas James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singleton_T._Jones" title="Singleton T. Jones">Singleton T. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kinard" title="John Kinard">John Kinard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jermain_Wesley_Loguen" title="Jermain Wesley Loguen">Jermain Wesley Loguen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Price" title="John E. Price">John E. Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Singleton" title="William Henry Singleton">William Henry Singleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bryan_Small" title="John Bryan Small">John Bryan Small</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Small" title="Mary J. Small">Mary J. Small</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Tribble" title="Jeffery Tribble">Jeffery Tribble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Varick" title="James Varick">James Varick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Walters" title="Alexander Walters">Alexander Walters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/A.U.M.P._Church" class="mw-redirect" title="A.U.M.P. Church">A.U.M.P. Church</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Spencer_(religious_leader)" title="Peter Spencer (religious leader)">Peter Spencer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Christian_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="Christian Methodist Episcopal Church">Christian Methodist Episcopal Church</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Yancy_Bell" title="William Yancy Bell">William Yancy Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Miles" title="William H. Miles">William H. Miles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Baptist</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Avenue_Baptist_Church" title="Dexter Avenue Baptist Church">Dexter Avenue Baptist Church</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Johns" title="Vernon Johns">Vernon Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/First_African_Baptist_Church_(Richmond,_Virginia)" title="First African Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia)">First African Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia)</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Goode_Brooks" title="Lucy Goode Brooks">Lucy Goode Brooks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/First_African_Baptist_Church_(Savannah,_Georgia)" title="First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia)">First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia)</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_George_(Baptist)" title="David George (Baptist)">David George</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Full_Gospel_Baptist_Church_Fellowship" title="Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship">Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_S._Morton" title="Paul S. Morton">Paul S. Morton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Lott_Carey_Foreign_Mission_Convention" title="Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention">Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Caldwell_Boone" title="Clinton Caldwell Boone">Clinton Caldwell Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lott_Cary" title="Lott Cary">Lott Cary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.">National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Cleveland_Cureton" title="Stewart Cleveland Cureton">Stewart Cleveland Cureton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Jackson" title="Joseph H. Jackson">Joseph H. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._J._Jemison" title="T. J. Jemison">T. J. Jemison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_James_Jennings" title="Willie James Jennings">Willie James Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lyons" title="Henry Lyons">Henry Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Mays" title="Benjamin Mays">Benjamin Mays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Simmons_(teacher)" title="William J. Simmons (teacher)">W. J. Simmons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention_of_America,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.">National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R._H._Boyd" title="R. H. Boyd">R. H. Boyd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/National_Missionary_Baptist_Convention_of_America" title="National Missionary Baptist Convention of America">National Missionary Baptist Convention of America</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Lockridge" title="S. M. Lockridge">S. M. Lockridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Progressive_National_Baptist_Convention" title="Progressive National Baptist Convention">Progressive National Baptist Convention</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abernathy" title="Ralph Abernathy">Ralph Abernathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Jones_Jr." title="William Augustus Jones Jr.">William Augustus Jones Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardner_C._Taylor" title="Gardner C. Taylor">Gardner C. Taylor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/United_American_Free_Will_Baptist_Church" title="United American Free Will Baptist Church">United American Free Will Baptist Church</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Randall" title="Benjamin Randall">Benjamin Randall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pentecostal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Assemblies_of_Christ" title="Apostolic Assemblies of Christ">Apostolic Assemblies of Christ</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Faith_Church" title="Apostolic Faith Church">Apostolic Faith Church</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/William_J._Seymour" title="William J. Seymour">William J. Seymour</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Church_of_God_in_Christ" title="Church of God in Christ">Church of God in Christ</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Blake_Sr." title="Charles Edward Blake Sr.">Charles Edward Blake Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andra%C3%A9_Crouch" title="Andraé Crouch">Andraé Crouch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Crouch" title="Sandra Crouch">Sandra Crouch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Michael_Franklin_Jr." title="Robert Michael Franklin Jr.">Robert Michael Franklin Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Green_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Green Jr.">Samuel Green Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Hawkins" title="Edwin Hawkins">Edwin Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._T._Jones_Sr." title="O. T. Jones Sr.">O. T. Jones Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_P._Kee" title="John P. Kee">John P. Kee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Harrison_Mason" title="Charles Harrison Mason">Charles Harrison Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandler_David_Owens_Sr" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandler David Owens Sr">Chandler David Owens Sr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_E._Patterson" title="Gilbert E. Patterson">Gilbert E. Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._O._Patterson_Jr." title="J. O. Patterson Jr.">J. O. Patterson Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Perryman" title="Wayne Perryman">Wayne Perryman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Thomas_Sr." title="Ted Thomas Sr.">Ted Thomas Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._D._Washington" title="F. D. Washington">F. D. 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