William Yancy Bell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Yancy Bell

American bishop

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1887

Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 10-Apr-1962

Profession: priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About William Yancy Bell

  • William Yancy Bell (or William Yancey Bell) (February 23, 1887 – April 10, 1962) received a Ph.D.
  • from Yale University in 1924 was a sometime follower of Marcus Garvey and became a Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 1933(?)Dr.
  • Bell was very active in civil rights issues as evidenced by his being a member of a Negro delegation to visit President Truman to get him to integrate the U.S.
  • Armed Forces.
  • He worked with W.E.B.
  • Dubois and ordained Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • when he was 13 years old on January 17, 1942.

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