Benjamin Baker, Author at

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Benjamin Baker.jpg Benjamin Baker has degrees in theology, education and history. He has authored or edited five books and over 100 articles, and was a college professor from 2002-2006. In 2010 he created blacksdahistory.org. From 2011-2015 Baker was the Assistant Archivist at the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and in April 2015 was appointed Managing Editor of the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists.

Eri L. Barr (1814-1864)

Eri L. Barr, the first Seventh-day Adventist minister of color, was born to free African American parents in Reading, Vermont, on May 23, 1814. He had five siblings, three of whom did not survive their teenage years. Barr studied English at Wesleyan Academy in Massachusetts … Read MoreEri L. Barr (1814-1864)

Alyne Dumas Lee (1903-1970)

Lyric soprano soloist Alyne Dumas Lee was born on March 22, 1903, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Joseph and Clora Dumas. She spent her childhood in Cincinnati, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois developing her musical abilities. At age eight, Lee was her local church’s organist, and by thirteen she had obtained a musical diploma … Read MoreAlyne Dumas Lee (1903-1970)

Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009)

Bessie Virginia Blount, pioneer physical therapist, inventor, and scientist, was born in Hickory (today Chesapeake), Virginia, on November 24, 1914. In the sixth grade, she had to discontinue her elementary education, although she would later earn a GED after her family moved to New Jersey. She studied nursing at the Community … Read MoreBessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009)

Charles Decatur Brooks (1930–2016)

“Image Ownership: Benjamin Baker” Charles Decatur (C.D.) Brooks, field secretary for the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on July 24, 1930, the tenth child of Marvin and Mattie Brooks. Brooks was raised on a 40-acre farm outside of Greensboro where … Read MoreCharles Decatur Brooks (1930–2016)