Title: Memorial of the Convocation of the Colored People in the diocese of North Carolina presented to the Diocesan Convention of 1916
Description: Presented to the Episcopal Bishop and Convention of North Carolina in 1916, for the creation of a separate Episcopal Church for African Americans within the existing church organization, to ease social tensions within the church and to share in the success experienced by other denominations that had established separate administrative church structures for African American churches.
Subjects: African American Episcopalians, Segregation, Religious aspects, African Americans, Religion, History, Church history, Episcopal Church. Diocese of North Carolina, Episcopal Church
Places: North Carolina
Time periods: 20th century