United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.974841882A portrait of Bishop Lucius Henry Holsey. Born into slavery on July 3, 1842 near Columbus, Georgia, Bishop Holsey of the C.M.E. Church and local resident of August, was the prime mover in the founding of Pain College. In 1882, as a fraternal messenger, he appeared before the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and pleaded for a college for his people – Paine College was the result. His daughter, Kate M. Holsey, was a member of the first graduation class of 1886. Later, in 1900, both Paine College (Augusta, Georgia) and Morris Brown College (Atlanta, Georgia), conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon Bishop Holsey.image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Paine College, Collins-Callaway Library, Special Collections and ArchivesAfrican American universities and collegesCollege presidentsAssociations, institutions, etc.PortraitsBishop Lucius Henry Holsey, 1882StillImage