Hood, J. W. (James Walker), 1831-1918
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Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, of North Carolina.
From the description of James Walker Hood papers, 1908-1910. (Livingstone College). WorldCat record id: 70970078
Bishop; instrumental in establishing Livingstone College; ordained an African Methodist Episcopal Zion deacon 1860; consecrated a bishop 1872; founder and first bishop of the Carolina Conference; president of the convention of Negroes assembled at Raleigh in October 1865; delegate to the constitutional convention of North Carolina 1867; magistrate under the provisional government in North Carolina and later deputy collector of internal revenue for the United States; first black assistant superintendent of North Carolina Public Schools, 1868-1871; assistant superintendent, Freedmen's Bureau; founder, organizer and the first grand master, Grand Lodge of North Carolina 1870-1883; and author of One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
From the description of James Walker Hood papers, 1872-1918. (Livingstone College). WorldCat record id: 70970061
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Subjects:
- African Americans
Occupations:
- African American bishops
- African American clergy
- African American clergy
- African American educators
- African American government executives
- Bishops
Places:
- North Carolina (as recorded)
- North Carolina (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
