John Clay "J.C." Coleman | |
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![]() Coleman in 1897, Victoria University Archives | |
Born | February 1, 1871 Durant, Holmes Co.,
Mississippi |
Died | March 1, 1911 | (aged 40)
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Education | Victoria University |
Spouse(s) | Hattie E. Johnson, 1894 |
Rev. John Clay (J.C.) Coleman was an American–Canadian minister, theologian, and black rights activist born to freed slaves in Durant, Holmes Co., Mississippi in 1871. [1] [2] He travelled to Canada seeking Christian ordination, and was ordained by the African Methodist-Episcopal Church in 1895. [3]
Coleman was accepted as the "first coloured student" at Victoria University, Toronto, ON, [4] where he was a member of the 1897-98 Specialist Class of Theology. [5] Shortly thereafter, he published a book titled The Jim Crow Car: Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race, condemning the racial atrocities of the American South. [6]
Coleman was one of seven children born to Peter Coleman and Rowena Harrington, both of whom had been slaves on Tome Bigbee River, Alabama before being sold to a plantation owner in Mississippi. [4]
He was raised in a Methodist Christian family, passionate about scripture and the education of youth. [4] [1]
Coleman was ordained by Bishop H. M. Turner in 1895 at the Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church, before enrolling as a divinity student at Victoria College, Toronto. [4]
He vocally condemned racial segregation in the American south, writing and preaching on the subject in the US and Canada. [7] Coleman contributed extensively to the efforts of the Methodist Church and held administrative positions of authority, notably:
John Clay "J.C." Coleman | |
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![]() Coleman in 1897, Victoria University Archives | |
Born | February 1, 1871 Durant, Holmes Co.,
Mississippi |
Died | March 1, 1911 | (aged 40)
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Education | Victoria University |
Spouse(s) | Hattie E. Johnson, 1894 |
Rev. John Clay (J.C.) Coleman was an American–Canadian minister, theologian, and black rights activist born to freed slaves in Durant, Holmes Co., Mississippi in 1871. [1] [2] He travelled to Canada seeking Christian ordination, and was ordained by the African Methodist-Episcopal Church in 1895. [3]
Coleman was accepted as the "first coloured student" at Victoria University, Toronto, ON, [4] where he was a member of the 1897-98 Specialist Class of Theology. [5] Shortly thereafter, he published a book titled The Jim Crow Car: Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race, condemning the racial atrocities of the American South. [6]
Coleman was one of seven children born to Peter Coleman and Rowena Harrington, both of whom had been slaves on Tome Bigbee River, Alabama before being sold to a plantation owner in Mississippi. [4]
He was raised in a Methodist Christian family, passionate about scripture and the education of youth. [4] [1]
Coleman was ordained by Bishop H. M. Turner in 1895 at the Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church, before enrolling as a divinity student at Victoria College, Toronto. [4]
He vocally condemned racial segregation in the American south, writing and preaching on the subject in the US and Canada. [7] Coleman contributed extensively to the efforts of the Methodist Church and held administrative positions of authority, notably: