William Augustus Jones Jr., the Glossary
William Augustus Jones Jr. (February 24, 1934 – February 4, 2006) was an African-American Minister and Civil Rights leader.[1]
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21 relations: African Americans, Al Sharpton, Baptists, Basketball, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Calvary Baptist Church (Chester, Pennsylvania), Chester, Pennsylvania, Civil and political rights, Crozer Theological Seminary, Jennifer Jones Austin, Louisville, Kentucky, Martin Luther King Jr., Pentecostalism, Progressive National Baptist Convention, Samuel DeWitt Proctor, Sociology, The New York Times, United States Army, University of Kentucky, Wikinews.
- Clergy of historically African-American Christian denominations
- Crozer Theological Seminary alumni
African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Al Sharpton
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rights organization. William Augustus Jones Jr. and al Sharpton are activists for African-American civil rights, African-American Baptist ministers and African-American activists.
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Baptists
Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
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Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Bedford–Stuyvesant, colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.
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Calvary Baptist Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)
Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist Church founded in 1879 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Chester, Pennsylvania
Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Civil and political rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.
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Crozer Theological Seminary
The Crozer Theological Seminary was a Baptist seminary located in Upland, Pennsylvania, and founded in 1868.
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Jennifer Jones Austin
Jennifer Jones Austin (Jennifer Barkley Jones; born is an American civil rights and social policy advocate and lawyer, author and talk show host, nonprofit CEO and executive, and former government official.
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Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. William Augustus Jones Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr. are 20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States, activists for African-American civil rights, African-American Baptist ministers, African-American activists and Crozer Theological Seminary alumni.
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Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit.
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Progressive National Baptist Convention
The Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC), incorporated as the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., is a mainline Baptist Christian denomination emphasizing civil rights and social justice.
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Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Samuel DeWitt Proctor (July 13, 1921 – May 22, 1997) was an American minister, educator, and humanitarian. William Augustus Jones Jr. and Samuel DeWitt Proctor are Crozer Theological Seminary alumni.
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Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Wikinews
Wikinews is a free-content news wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation that works through collaborative journalism.
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See also
Clergy of historically African-American Christian denominations
- Barnett K. Thoroughgood
- Charles H. Ellis III
- David George (Baptist)
- Floyd Flake
- George Alexander McGuire
- George Augustus Stallings Jr.
- Henry Lyons
- J. Pius Barbour
- John Berry Meachum
- John Marrant
- Joseph H. Jackson
- Manuel Sykes
- Marcelino Manuel da Graça
- Otis Moss III
- Peter Spencer (religious leader)
- R. H. Boyd
- Stewart Cleveland Cureton
- Suzan Johnson Cook
- T. J. Jemison
- Teresa E. Jefferson-Snorton
- Theodore S. Wright
- Wayne Perryman
- William Augustus Jones Jr.
- William Yancy Bell
Crozer Theological Seminary alumni
- George Barbier (actor)
- J. Pius Barbour
- John G. Burkhalter
- John Warren Davis (judge)
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Samuel DeWitt Proctor
- William Augustus Jones Jr.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Augustus_Jones_Jr.
Also known as William Augustus Jones, William Augustus Jones, Jr..