Ellison, John Malcus, 1889-1979

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African American clergyman, and first alumnus and fourth president of Virginia Union University (1941-1955); founder and principal, Northumberland High School (1918-1926); pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church (1917-1926); college minister, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. (1927-1934); special research assistant, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksburg (1926-1936); pastor, Zion Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., professor of religious education, Howard University (1934-1936); professor of social studies and ethnics, Virginia Union University (1936-1941); pastor, St. Stephen's Baptist Church (1956-1972); president, National Program for the Training of Negro Ministers (1946-1949); president, Interdenominational and Interracial Ministerial Association of Richmond (1955-1957); member, United Supreme Council, Masons (1958-1962); and author.

From the description of John Malcus Ellison papers, 1941-1979. (Virginia Union University). WorldCat record id: 70970004

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creatorOf Ellison, John Malcus, 1889-1979. John Malcus Ellison papers, 1941-1979. Virginia Union University, L. Douglas Wilder Library & Learning Resource Center
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correspondedWith Adams, Theodore F. (Theodore Floyd), 1898- person
associatedWith Anderson, Eleanor I. person
associatedWith Grundman, Adolph H. person
correspondedWith Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988 person
correspondedWith Porter, Henry Alford, 1871-1946 person
correspondedWith Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953 person
correspondedWith Powell, Adam Clayton, 1908-1972 person
correspondedWith Puryear, R. W. (Royal W.), 1912-1998 person
associatedWith Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.) corporateBody
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Virginia--Richmond
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African American universities and colleges
African Americans
Baptists
Baptist universities and colleges
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African American authors
African American clergy
African American college presidents
African American college teachers
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Birth 1889-02-02

Death 1979-10-13

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