Black social Christianity rested on many small givers, not wealthy patrons
Evidence
In 1912 Virginia Broughton, the recording secretary of the Woman’s Convention, was the first black person to be appointed by the Associated Charities of Memphis, Tennessee, to assist flood victims. The flooding of the Mississippi Valley had caused death and loss of property for blacks and whites alike. The Associated Charities emerged in response to the disaster and furnished food, clothes, fuel, and medical attention. As matron at Camp Crump, a refuge for black victims of the flood, Broughton assessed the needs of individuals and families and arranged for relief. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 1592 (
#instantiates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A black Baptist woman broke a segregation barrier in disaster relief in 1912. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 1592; Baptist women’s campaigns induced poor blacks to redirect money to schools — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 316