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Archibald Alexander
Minister, Theologian, Journalist / 1772 - 1851
Archibald Alexander was a Protestant clergyman and educator whose teachings, reviews and sermons gave him wide influence during his day.
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(1772-1851)
Minister, Theologian, Journalist
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Richard Allen
Civil Rights Activist, Minister, Journalist / 1760 - 1831
Born into slavery in 1760, Richard Allen bought his freedom at age 17 and went on to found the first national black church in the United States, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1816.
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(1760-1831)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister, Journalist
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Henry Ward Beecher
Minister / 1813 - 1887
Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congressional clergyman, best known for his Protestant sermons and his involvement in a high-profile adultery scandal.
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(1813-1887)
Minister
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Kurtis Blow
Music Producer, Rapper, Minister / 1959 -
In 1979, Kurtis Blow signed a deal with Mercury Records, making him the first rapper signed by a major label. His first album sold more than 400,000 copies.
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(1959-)
Music Producer, Rapper, Minister
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John Bunyan
Minister, Preacher, Journalist / 1628 - 1688
John Bunyan was a celebrated English minister and author of The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), the most characteristic expression of the Puritan religious outlook.
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(1628-1688)
Minister, Preacher, Journalist
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Stuart Collett
Minister / 1887 - 1941
Stuart Collett was a Christian minister and a survivor of the Titanic disaster.
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(1887-1941)
Minister
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Charles G. Dawes
Diplomat, U.S. Vice President, Minister / 1865 - 1951
Charles G. Dawes was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who became the 30th U.S. vice president under Calvin Coolidge.
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(1865-1951)
Diplomat, U.S. Vice President, Minister
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Jerry Falwell
Radio Talk Show Host, Evangelist, Minister, Pastor, Television Personality / 1933 - 2007
Jerry Falwell is a religious leader, political activist and television evangelist. He restarted The Moral Majority Coalition in 2004.
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(1933-2007)
Radio Talk Show Host, Evangelist, Minister, Pastor, Television Personality
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Wallace D. Fard
Minister / 1877 -
Wallace Fard was known as an Islamic minister and founder of the Nation of Islam, sometimes referred to as Black Muslims.
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(1877-)
Minister
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George Foreman
Boxer, Entrepreneur, Minister / 1949 -
George Foreman is a retired American boxer who twice won boxing's heavyweight championship. After retiring, he became a popular pitchman.
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(1949-)
Boxer, Entrepreneur, Minister
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Henry Highland Garnet
Activist, Political Leader, Minister / 1815 - 1882
Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American best known as an abolitionist whose “Call to Rebellion” speech encouraged slaves to rebel against their owners.
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(1815-1882)
Activist, Political Leader, Minister
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Al Green
Singer, Minister / 1946 -
Al Green is known for the hit song "Let's Stay Together," and for leaving his musical career at its height in the 1970s to become a reverend at his own church.
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(1946-)
Singer, Minister
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Josiah Henson
Activist, Minister / 1789 - 1883
Escaped slave and minister Josiah Henson became involved in the Underground Railroad, leading slaves to freedom and developed his own Afro-Canadian community.
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(1789-1883)
Activist, Minister
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Jesse Jackson
Civil Rights Activist, Minister, Journalist / 1941 -
Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights leader, Baptist minister and politician who twice ran for U.S. president.
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(1941-)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister, Journalist
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1929 - 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
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(1929-1968)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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Joseph Lowery
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1921 -
Civil rights leader, social activist and minister Joseph Lowery has fought against prejudice and discrimination against African-Americans for more than 50 years.
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(1921-)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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Daniel F. Malan
Prime Minister, Minister / 1874 - 1959
Daniel F. Malan was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954 and instituted the segregationist policy of apartheid.
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(1874-1959)
Prime Minister, Minister
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Cotton Mather
Minister, Theologian, Journalist / 1663 - 1728
Cotton Mather was a Puritan minister in Boston, Massachusetts during the Colonial-era. Mather was an adviser to judges during the Salem witch trials.
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(1663-1728)
Minister, Theologian, Journalist
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Barry Minkow
Entrepreneur, White Collar Criminal, Minister / 1967 -
Barry Minkow is a convicted felon who used his carpet-cleaning business as a front for a massive Ponzi scheme and investor fraud.
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(1967-)
Entrepreneur, White Collar Criminal, Minister
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Norman Vincent Peale
Minister, Academic Author, Journalist / 1898 - 1993
Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author known for works like The Power of Positive Thinking and A Guide to Confident Living.
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(1898-1993)
Minister, Academic Author, Journalist
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Joseph Priestley
Philosopher, Minister, Theologian, Scientist / 1733 - 1804
John Priestly was a clergyman, political theorist, and scientist whose work advanced liberal political and religious thought and experimental chemistry.
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(1733-1804)
Philosopher, Minister, Theologian, Scientist
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Hiram R. Revels
Academic, U.S. Representative, Minister / 1827 - 1901
Hiram Revels is best known as the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
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(1827-1901)
Academic, U.S. Representative, Minister
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Fred Rogers
Minister, Television Personality / 1928 - 2003
Fred Rogers is the much-loved host of the public television show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran on PBS from 1968 to 2001.
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(1928-2003)
Minister, Television Personality
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Anna Howard Shaw
Women's Rights Activist, Medical Professional, Minister, Writer / 1847 - 1919
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was the first female minister in the Methodist Protestant Church. She spent most of her life working for the cause of women's suffrage.
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(1847-1919)
Women's Rights Activist, Medical Professional, Minister, Writer
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Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1925 - 1965
African-American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and '60s.
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(1925-1965)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister