Harriet Ross was born in 1820 in Maryland. She was deeply impressed by the Bible narrative of God's deliverance of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, and it became the basis of her belief that it was God's will to deliver slaves in America out

James Theodore Holly is this week's featured individual for Black History Month. An emigrationist, missionary, and bishop, Holly was born in Washington, D.C., on October 3, 1829. At age 14 his family relocated to Brooklyn, New York. In 1848 he began.

During the month of February 2023, the Sacred Ground Action Group (SGAG) will be featuring four individuals recognized by the Episcopal Church. The second featured person is Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), an illustrious associate justice of the