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Black History Month Spotlight: Rev. William Joseph Seymour, Mastermind Behind a Religious Movement
In 1906, the charismatic preacher William Joseph Seymour (1870-1922), son of formerly enslaved parents in Louisiana, claimed a prayer meeting he was leading at 216 North Bonnie Brae Street was visited by a “move of the holy spirit.” More and more Angelenos joined the meeting and, following Seymour’s lead, began speaking in tongues. “They shouted three days and three nights. It was Easter season. The people came from everywhere,” a neighbor recalled. “By the next morning there was no way of getting near the house. As people came in they would fall under God’s power; and the whole city was stirred. They shouted until the foundation of the house gave way, but no one was hurt.” ....

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