Religious Leaders – Missionaries
Sidi Mubarak Bombay (a.k.a. Mbarak Mombée, 1820?-1885)
Sidi Mubarak Bombay, one of the most extensive travelers in sub-Saharan Africa in the 19th century, was honored for his...
John Wesley Gilbert (1863-1923)
John Wesley Gilbert was and educator, a missionary, and the first African American archaeologist. He was also the first graduate...
James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey (1875-1927)
Inarguably, one of the leading figures in African and African American history is Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey, known as...
Raphael Abraham Frank Mensah (1924-1990s)
Raphael Abraham Frank Mensah (1924-1990s), a schoolmaster and theologian, played a foundational role in bringing Mormonism to Ghana. Born in...
John Abraham Godson (1970- )
John Abraham Godson, a conservative politician, university lecturer, businessman, and former Pentecostal preacher, is the first person of African descent...
Louise Celia “Lulu” Fleming (1862-1899)
Louise Cecelia Fleming, the first African American to graduate from the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was born January...
Miles Mark Fisher (1899-1970)
Historian, educator and clergyman Rev. Miles Mark Fisher was pastor of the White Rock Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina...
Lott Carey (Cary) (1780-1828)
Born into slavery in Charles City County, Virginia, Lott Carey (sometimes spelled “Cary”) was one of the first African American...
Samuel Johnson (1846-1901)
Rev. Samuel Johnson was a nineteenth-century Anglican priest and historian of the Yoruba ethnic group of Nigeria. Samuel Johnson is...
