en.unionpedia.org

William Augustus Jones Jr., the Glossary

Index William Augustus Jones Jr.

William Augustus Jones Jr. (February 24, 1934 – February 4, 2006) was an African-American Minister and Civil Rights leader.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 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.

  2. Clergy of historically African-American Christian denominations
  3. 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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and African Americans

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Al Sharpton

Baptists

Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Baptists

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Basketball

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Brooklyn

Calvary Baptist Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)

Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist Church founded in 1879 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Calvary Baptist Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)

Chester, Pennsylvania

Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Chester, Pennsylvania

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Civil and political rights

Crozer Theological Seminary

The Crozer Theological Seminary was a Baptist seminary located in Upland, Pennsylvania, and founded in 1868.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Crozer Theological Seminary

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Jennifer Jones Austin

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Louisville, Kentucky

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr.

Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Pentecostalism

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Progressive National Baptist Convention

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Samuel DeWitt Proctor

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.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Sociology

The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and The New York Times

United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and United States Army

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and University of Kentucky

Wikinews

Wikinews is a free-content news wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation that works through collaborative journalism.

See William Augustus Jones Jr. and Wikinews

See also

Clergy of historically African-American Christian denominations

Crozer Theological Seminary alumni

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Augustus_Jones_Jr.

Also known as William Augustus Jones, William Augustus Jones, Jr..