- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Henry Hugh Proctor (1868-1933)
- Creator:
- Bevington, Paula Lawton
- Date of Original:
- 2013-08-13
- Subject:
- African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta--History--19th century--Biography
African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century--Biography
African American social reformers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--19th century--Biography
African American social reformers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century--Biography
First Congregational Church (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Proctor, Henry Hugh, 1868-1933
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article aboutReverend Henry Hugh Proctor, the first African American pastor of First Congregational Church in Atlanta, serving from 1894 until 1920. His dynamic leadership and efforts to improve race relations, especially after the 1906 Atlanta race riot, made him a key figure in the Social Gospel movement and a significant precursor of the civil rights movement.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/henry-hugh-proctor-1868-1933/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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