James Walker Hood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Walker Hood

African Methodist Episcopal Zion bishop

Date of Birth: 30-May-1831

Place of Birth: Kennett Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1918

Profession: minister, abolitionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

James Walker Hood (May 30, 1831 – October 30, 1918) was an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion) bishop in North Carolina from 1872 to 1916.
Before emancipation, he was an active abolitionist, and during the American Civil War he went to New Bern, North Carolina where he preached for the church to the black people and soldiers in the area.
He was very successful and became an important religious and political leader in North Carolina, becoming "one of the most significant and crucial African American religious and race leaders during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries".
By 1887 he had founded over six hundred churches in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and erected about five hundred church buildings.
He was politically and religiously active as well, supporting education, civil rights, and the ordination of women.