James Solomon Russell, the Glossary
James Solomon Russell (December 20, 1857 – March 28, 1935), born enslaved in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, shortly before the American Civil War, became an Episcopal priest and educator in the postwar period.[1]
Table of Contents
23 relations: Alpha Kappa Alpha, American Civil War, Apostles' Creed, Bishop Payne Divinity School, Book of Common Prayer, Booker T. Washington, Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, George Freeman Bragg, Giles Buckner Cooke, Hampton University, Historically black colleges and universities, Jim Crow laws, Lawrenceville Historic District, Liberia, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Nellie Pratt Russell, Palmer Springs, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, Saint Paul's College (Virginia), Warren County, North Carolina, William E. Harmon Foundation Award for Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes.
- 19th-century American Episcopal priests
- Episcopalians from Virginia
- Religious leaders from Virginia
- Saint Paul's College (Virginia)
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (ΑΚΑ) is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
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Apostles' Creed
The Apostles' Creed (Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum or Symbolum Apostolicum), sometimes titled the Apostolic Creed or the Symbol of the Apostles, is a Christian creed or "symbol of faith".
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Bishop Payne Divinity School
Bishop Payne Divinity School was a racially segregated Episcopal school for African-American ministerial students, in Petersburg, Virginia. James Solomon Russell and Bishop Payne Divinity School are African-American Episcopalians.
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Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism.
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Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. James Solomon Russell and Booker T. Washington are 20th-century African-American educators.
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Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia
Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the southeast area of Virginia.
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Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia
Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America located in the southwest area of Virginia.
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General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
The General Convention is the primary governing and legislative body of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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George Freeman Bragg
George Freeman Bragg (January 25, 1863 – March 12, 1940) was an African-American priest, journalist, social activist and historian. James Solomon Russell and George Freeman Bragg are African-American Christian clergy.
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Giles Buckner Cooke
Giles Buckner Cooke (May 13, 1838 – February 4, 1937) was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, a school teacher and school principal, and an Episcopal priest. James Solomon Russell and Giles Buckner Cooke are 19th-century American Episcopal priests and 20th-century American Episcopal priests.
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Hampton University
Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia.
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Historically black colleges and universities
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving African Americans.
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Jim Crow laws
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American.
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Lawrenceville Historic District
Lawrenceville Historic District is a national historic district located at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia.
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Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
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Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Mecklenburg County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Nellie Pratt Russell
Nellie Pratt Russell (May 4, 1890 - December 13, 1979) was an incorporator of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the first sorority founded by African-American college women. James Solomon Russell and Nellie Pratt Russell are 20th-century African-American educators, educators from Virginia and Saint Paul's College (Virginia).
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Palmer Springs, Virginia
Palmer Springs, Virginia is an area in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.
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Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Saint Paul's College (Virginia)
Saint Paul's College was a private historically black college in Lawrenceville, Virginia.
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Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County is a county located in the northeastern Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the northern border with Virginia, made famous for a landfill and birthplace of the environmental justice movement.
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William E. Harmon Foundation Award for Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes
The William E. Harmon Foundation Award for Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes, commonly referred to as the Harmon Award or Harmon Foundation Award, was a philanthropic and cultural award created in 1926 by William E. HarmonGates & Higginbotham, p. 3.
See also
19th-century American Episcopal priests
- Abraham Beach
- Arthur Ritchie (priest)
- Ashbel Baldwin
- Benjamin Allen (clergyman)
- Benjamin I. Haight
- Cameron Farquhar McRae (born 1812)
- Carl E. Grammer
- Duncan Convers
- Ethan Allen (priest)
- Francis J. Hall
- Frank Hagar Bigelow
- George Emlen Hare
- George Herbert Moffett
- George Zabriskie Gray
- Giles Buckner Cooke
- Henry Harrison Oberly
- Henry L. Phillips
- Henry R. Gummey
- Henry R. Percival
- Hermon Griswold Batterson
- James Chisholm (priest)
- James Milnor
- James Solomon Russell
- Jedediah Vincent Huntington
- John Andrews (priest)
- John S. J. Gardiner
- Jules Louis Prevost
- Leighton Coleman
- Oliver Sherman Prescott
- Robert Ritchie (priest)
- Theodore M. Riley
- Thomas Atkinson (bishop)
- Thomas Gallaudet (priest)
- Thomas Richey
- William Dwight Porter Bliss
- William H. Vibbert
- William Holland Wilmer
- William Martin Beauchamp
- William Montague (cleric)
- William Morton Reynolds
- William N. Pendleton
- William Palmer Ladd
- William Reed Huntington
- William Smith (Episcopal priest)
Episcopalians from Virginia
- A. Moore Jr.
- Angus McDonald (Virginia militiaman)
- Anne Carter Lee
- Armistead Thomson Mason
- Bill Wiley
- Blake T. Newton
- Burwell Bassett
- Daniel B. Lucas
- David L. Holmes
- Donald McNeill Fairfax
- Edmund Randolph
- Eleanor Agnes Lee
- Eppa Hunton IV
- Eppa Hunton Jr.
- Eugenia Washington
- Ferdinando Fairfax
- Fleming Rutledge
- Florence King
- Gabriel Jones (politician)
- George Alvin Smith
- George Washington
- Gregory Gray Garland Jr.
- Grenville Gaines
- James Solomon Russell
- Jim Dillard
- John Collins Covell
- John E. Mason
- John Tyler
- John W. Stevenson
- Legh R. Watts
- Letitia Christian Tyler
- Marshall McDonald
- Mildred Childe Lee
- Morgan Griffith
- Patsy Ticer
- Poyntz Tyler
- R. Ewell Thornton
- Randolph Scott
- Rob Wittman
- Thomas Bryan Martin
- Thomas Nelson Jr.
- William Grayson
- William Loyall Gravatt
Religious leaders from Virginia
- Addie Elizabeth Davis
- Carolyn Gillette
- Clarence 13X
- David Edward Foley
- Dois I. Rosser Jr.
- Fleming Rutledge
- Francis J. Parater
- Francis Janssens
- George David Cummins
- George Liele
- George Went Hensley
- Goronwy Owen (poet)
- Inman E. Page
- J. Milton Waldron
- Jack Yates
- Jacob Stirewalt
- James Louis Flaherty
- James O'Kelly
- James Solomon Russell
- John Bright (biblical scholar)
- John Nathaniel Stirewalt
- Nicholas H. Cobbs
- Peter Schmucker
- Robert L. Thoburn
- Stephen G. Roszel
- Thomas J. Quinlan
- Thornton Stringfellow
- Tom Fox (Quaker)
- Vincent Stanislaus Waters
- William A. Brown (bishop)
- William B. Preston (Mormon)
Saint Paul's College (Virginia)
- Billy C. Hawkins
- George J. Austin
- James Solomon Russell
- Louise Stokes Hunter
- Marvin Scott
- Nellie Pratt Russell
- Saint Paul's College (Virginia)
- Saint Paul's Tigers football
- Walter John Raymond