“Faith is taking the first step even when we can’t see the staircase,” says the Rev. Bernard Keels, dean of University Memorial Chapel at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. “The staircase is quite evident now,” he says with pride. “People are climbing.”
I have asked Keels to tell me the story of Morgan State. Like many of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Morgan State has deep roots in the Christian faith. Within a year of Abraham Lincoln’s signing the Emancipation Proclamation, black leaders in Maryland’s Methodist Episcopal Church had already set their sights on both spiritually uplifting and educating their communities. “Pastors began to meet to discuss how the church could be the catalyst for establishing a university,” Keels explains.
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New historical marker shows location of Tallahassee s oldest congregation
Linda Yates
Tallahassee s Trinity United Methodist Church on Park Avenue is already preparing for it s 200th anniversary in 2024.
Just before Easter on April 1, Trinity’s Historical Society erected a State of Florida historic marker in front of the church with the cooperation of the Secretary of State.
It gives a brief history of the church, its outreach and service to citizens of the City of Tallahassee, and its assistance to its Black members to start their own church following the end of the Civil War.
In 1821 Tallahassee was a wild frontier with about 2,000 citizens, half of whom were enslaved people. There were a few rustic commercial buildings and dirt roads just wide enough for bloody duels to take place.
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This Was Then: A story of three Vineyard men
How Rebecca, Mary, and Mary became William, Luther, and David.
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1891 advertisement for the West Silver Co. in Taunton, run by Chilmark native Luther B. West (printed in Inland Massachusetts Illustrated magazine). Courtesy Chris Baer
A West Silver Co. tea set, manufactured and sold by Chilmark native Luther B. West, as seen on eBay. Courtesy Mark Landry
Part of a 1939 affidavit testifying to Mary’s transition to Luther. Courtesy Chris Baer
Portrait of a young woman by acclaimed artist and Edgartown summer resident David Swadey (name changed at request of family). Courtesy Jose Rizo
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