Richard Henry Singleton | |
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 Rev. Richard Henry Singleton | |
| Born | (1865-09-11)September 11, 1865 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | November 1923(1923-11-00) (aged 58) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Other names | R. H. Singleton |
| Education | Giles Academy,Turner Theological Seminary,Morris Brown College (DD) |
| Occupation(s) | Pastor, activist |
Rev.Richard Henry Singleton (September 11, 1865 – November 1923), also known asR. H. Singleton, was an American pastor and activist. He led theBig Bethel AME Church inAtlanta, Georgia. He was trustee ofMorris Brown University and president of the local chapter of theNAACP.[1]
Richard Henry Singleton was born on September 11, 1865, inHilton Head, South Carolina.[2] His parents were Celia (née Kettles) and Richard Singleton, they were farmers and had been enslaved just prior to his birth and the start of thereconstruction era.[2] Singleton attended public school, and Giles Academy on Hilton Head Island.[2]
He graduated fromTurner Theological Seminary (now part of the Interdenominational Theological Center) in Atlanta; and fromMorris Brown College, where he received adoctor of divinity degree.[2]
He began his service to the church in 1893, and started at Big Bethel in 1916. In 1919 he was selected to represent "his church and his race" at theParis Peace Conference, one of a group of ten American blacks who would confer with PresidentWoodrow Wilson and his conferees over the future of the German colonies in Africa (roughly present dayCameroon,Tanzania,Rwanda,Burundi,Namibia andTogo).[3]
Singleton spoke at the 1921 opening ofJoyland Park, Atlanta's first amusement park for blacks.
Singleton died in November 1923, in Atlanta.[4][5][6]
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