Norfolk Virginia Black History - Grace Episcopal Church 100 Years 1883-1983 VA

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Norfolk Virginia Black History - Grace Episcopal Church 100 Years 1883-1983 VA Grace Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia: Anniversary Year Book, 1883–1983 — compiled by the One Hundredth Anniversary Committees under the rectorship of the Reverend Joseph N. Green Jr., D.D. This substantial centennial history commemorates the first one hundred years of Grace Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia, within the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia. Prepared for the congregation’s 1983 anniversary, the volume combines institutional history, clergy biographies, historic photographs, congregational records, guild portraits, memorial notices, committee rosters and lists of church members and contributors. It is an especially useful source for researchers interested in African American Episcopal history, Black religious life in Norfolk, Virginia genealogy, local institutions and community leadership during the century following Reconstruction. Among the important figures documented is the Reverend George Freeman Bragg Jr., rector from 1887 to 1892. Bragg was a prominent Black Episcopal clergyman, historian, journalist and advocate for African American participation within the Episcopal Church. The book discusses his childhood in Petersburg, Virginia, his connection to St. Stephen’s Church and the Bishop Payne Divinity School, his service in the Virginia House of Delegates and his establishment of the Lancet Recorder, an influential Black Virginia newspaper. It also recounts his minist

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• Year: 1883
• Condition: Good

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