Richard Hollinger published a list of African American Bahá'ís by 1925 in a context with no formal membership requirements and in a spread of matters of belief where they could be seen by others as Bahá'ís. Though not exhaustive, this was published in an Appendix in Bramson & Maparyan, eds, The Bahá'í Faith and African American Studies, 2023.[1][2]
The following is a partial transcription.
| Name | Location of Initial Activity or Contact | Estimated Year of Initial Activity |
|---|---|---|
| Ponton, Mungo M. | Atlanta | 1914 |
| Williams, Rosa | Atlanta | 1919 |
| Batey, Eva Allen | Atlantic City | 1920 |
| Dalton, Genevieve | Atlantic City | 1920 |
| Terry, Dr. Edward B. | Atlantic City | 1920 |
| Terry, Elvira T. | Atlantic City | 1920 |
| Parm, Louise R. M. | Baltimore | 1920 |
| Allen, Sarah Jane | Boston | 1922 |
| Mapp, Zylpha O. | Boston | 1916 |
| Moore, May S. | Boston | 1922 |
| Oglesby, Mabry C. | Boston | 1916 |
| Oglesby, Sadie E. Shankle | Boston | 1914 |
| Tomlinson, Charles Aaron | Boston | 1916 |
| Abbot, Mrs Helen | Chicago | 1925 |
| Abbot, Robert S. | Chicago | 1925 |
| Banks, Anthony | Chicago | 1919 |
| Bell, Artelia | Chicago | 1899 |
| Clark, Rosa | Chicago | 1919 |
| Clarke, Ernest | Chicago | 1919 |
| Clarke, Mary Bryron | Chicago | 1919 |
| Cross, James | Chicago | 1919 |
| Cross Rachel | Chicago | 1919 |
| deBaptiste Faulkner, Georgia M. | Chicago | 1918 |
| Edwards, Mrs Edgar P | Chicago | 1925 |
| Harper, Lucius C. | Chicago | 1925 |
| Hightower, Ira | Chicago | 1925 |
| Hobson, Aileen | Chicago | 1919 |
| Hobson, Raleigh | Chicago | 1925 |
| Johnson, Irving R. | Chicago | 1925 |
| Krus, Mr. F. | Chicago | 1925 |
| Morrison, Mayme | Chicago | 1925 |
| Parker, Shelly | Chicago | 1919 |
| Roach, Moss Dee | Chicago | 1925 |
| Sneed, Mr. Hurley | Chicago | 1920 |
| Sneed, Mrs. Theresa | Chicago | 1920 |
| Wesson, Henry | Chicago | 1925 |
| Wesson, Vivian Dunlop | Chicago | 1921 |
| Fleming, Lethia C. | Cleveland | 1913 |
| Fleming, Thomas W. | Cleveland | 1917 |
| Fleming, Wallace E. | Cleveland | 1919 |
| Martin, Mary B. | Cleveland | 1919 |
| Mason, Sarah T. | Cleveland | 1919 |
| Thornhill, Mrs. W. O. (Carolyn) | Cleveland | 1913 |
| White, Laura | Cleveland | 1916 |
| Alexander, Lulu H. | Columbus, OH | 1925 |
| Carter, William Justin | Harrisburg, PA | 1912 |
| Savilles, Phillip R | Kenosha, WI | 1920 |
| Wright, Nan | Los Angeles | 1920 |
| Murphy, Dr. Moses | Louisville, KY | 1921 |
| Murphy, Mrs Della | Louisville, KY | 1921 |
| Henderson, George W. | Memphis | 1917 |
| Robinson, (MIss) Johnnie F. | Memphis | 1917 |
| Stapleton, Jean Marie | Minneapolis, MN | 1920 |
| Jones, Mrs.[Ellen] | Montclair | 1920 |
| Hayes, Elizabeth | Muskegon, MI | 1924 |
| Napier, Nettie Langston | Nashville | 1925 |
| Bolden, Richard Manuel | New York City | 1921 |
| Butler, Carrie | New York City | 1921 |
| Champ, Dorothy | New York City | 1920 |
| Chisolm, Nicholas L. | New York City | 1918 |
| Copeland, Kate | New York City | 1920 |
| Copeland, William J. | New York City | 1920 |
| Crump, Mrs. Bina | New York City | 1920 |
| Davenport, Mamie | New York City | 1920 |
| Davenport, William F. | New York City | 1910 |
| Farrell, Robert | New York City | 1920 |
| Jackson, Olive | New York City | 1899 |
| Joyce, Bertha | New York City | 1917 |
| Lewis, Annie K. | New York City | 1917 |
| Lewis, Bishop | New York City | 1917 |
| Lockett, Sadie | New York City | 1921 |
| Lovemore, Inez | New York City | 1920 |
| Lovemore, Thomas S. | New York City | 1920 |
| Morris, Samuel | New York City | 1920 |
| Mottley, Fitz Walter | New York City | 1920 |
| Mottley, Mary | New York City | 1918 |
| Sanford, Henrietta | New York City | 1922 |
| Sequaria, Elizabeth N (Goodwin) | New York City | 1911 |
| Simpson, James Thomas | New York City | 1919 |
| Sims, Charles A. | New York City | 1918 |
| Walker, Sarah J. | New York City | 1918 |
| Washington, Louise | New York City | 1909 |
| Williams, Amy | New York City | 1918 |
| Williams, Roy | New York City | 1918 |
| Shields, Mrs. Emma | New York City | 1917 |
| Bates, Temple S. | Philadelphia | 1924 |
| Baxter, Josephine | Philadelphia | 1922 |
| Brooks, Mrs. E. J. | Philadelphia | 1922 |
| Collins, Estone C. | Philadelphia | 1925 |
| Johnson, Cora | Philadelphia | 1920 |
| Kennedy, Mrs Fannie (Francis) | Philadelphia | 1920 |
| Payne, Mrs. Leila | Pittsburgh | 1912 |
| Cannday-Franklin, Beatrice | Portland, OR | 1914 |
| Shaw, John B. | San Francisco | 1919 |
| Shaw, Rosa L. | San Francisco | 1914 |
| Tinsley, Charles H. | San Francisco | 1906 |
| Turner, Robert | San Francisco | 1898 |
| Dorn, Bennett | Seattle | 1922 |
| Guilford, Dora L. | Seattle | 1922 |
| Lee, Martha J. | Seattle | 1922 |
| Matthews, Charles Edward | Seattle | 1924 |
| Roberts, Mount Oliver | Seattle | 1920 |
| Smith, Grant | Seattle | 1922 |
| Twine, Alonzo | South Carolina (Charleston)[3] | 1911 |
| Johnson, Chloe E. | Springfield MA | 1920 |
| Anderson, Alan A. | Washington, DC | 1910 |
| Arch, Mary | Washington, DC (Durham, NC)[4] | 1923 |
| Ashton, Elizabeth | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Ashton, John R. | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Braithwaite, Edward J. | Washington, DC | 1910 |
| Callaway, Eva Virginia | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Clarke, Thomas H.R. | Washington, DC | 1910 |
| Cook, Coralie F. | Washington, DC | 1909 |
| Cook, George W. | Washington, DC | 1912 |
| Duffield, Elizabeth A. | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Dyer, Andrew | Washington, DC | 1910 |
| Dyer, Maggie | Washington, DC | 1910 |
| Gibson, Mrs. Deborah J. | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Gibson, Mr. William E. | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Green, Samuel | Washington, DC | 1922 |
| Gregory, Louis G. | Washington, DC | 1909 |
| Grey, Jenny | Washington, DC | 1907 |
| Harris, Caroline W. | Washington, DC | 1914 |
| Hillyer, Andrew J. | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Holmes, Lucy M. | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Locke, Alain | Washington, DC | 1918 |
| Marshall, Harriet G. | Washington, DC | 1914 |
| Matthews, Cora L. (York) | Washington, DC | 1906 |
| Moss, Henry J. | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Pope, John W. | Washington, DC | 1906 |
| Pope, Pocahontas | Washington, DC | 1906 |
| Queen, Hallie Elvira | Washington, DC | 1913 |
| Reese, (Mary) Alice | Washington, DC | 1913 |
| Stewart, Mrs. Susie S. | Washington, DC | 1906 |
| Tancil, Elaine Whitney | Washington, DC | 1919 |
| Tate, Daniel Samuel | Washington, DC | 1913 |
| Thomas, Neval H. | Washington, DC | 1912 |
| Turner, Henry | Washington, DC | 1906 |
| Turner, Mrs Rhoda | Washington, DC | 1906 |
| York, Caroline | Washington, DC | 1906 |
| York, Gertrude | Washington, DC | 1906 |
| York, Mildred | Washington, DC | 1907 |
| Wedlake, Elizabeth A. | Washington, DC | 1920 |
| Sadgwar, Felice Louise | Wilmington, NC[4] | 1918 |
| Frederick Sadgwar | Wilmington, NC[4] | <1925 |
| Williams, Dahona | Woodford, VA | 1919 |
| Williams, Hampton | Woodford, VA | 1919 |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Hollinger 2023, pp. 43–84, The Spread of the Baha'i Faith among African Americans, 1898-1925.
- ↑ Hollinger 2023, pp. 267–301, Appendix: African Americans Associated with the American Baha'i Community, 1898-1925.
- ↑ Venters 2010, pp. 43–63.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Steven Kolins (May 16, 2021). Robert Stockman (ed.). "A North Carolina Bahá'í history 1850 – 2021". Symposium: The beginnings of the Bahá’í Faith in Kansas, Missouri, and North Carolina. Wilmette Institute.
References[edit]
- Hollinger, Richard (2023), Bramson, Loni; Maparyan, Layli (eds.), The Baha'i Faith and African American Studies; Perspectives in Racial Justice, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, ISBN 9781666900163, LCCN 2022043359
- Venters, Louis E., III (2010), Most great reconstruction: The Baha'i Faith in Jim Crow South Carolina, 1898-1965, Colleges of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina, ISBN 978-1-243-74175-2, UMI Number: 3402846
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