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Langdon Cheek
Landon Napoleon Cheek was an African-American Baptist missionary who served in the British Central Africa Protectorate, later renamed Nyasaland, between 1901 and 1906. There, he assisted John Chilembwe, the founder of the Providence Industrial Mission during the church's formative period. After returning to the United States, he became a Baptist pastor for almost 50 years. Cheek died in Chicago in 1964. Early life Landon was born in Canton, Mississippi in 1871. His parents were Frank Cheek, a former slave and later Baptist minister, and Ada, a Cherokee, and he was later described by George Simeon Mwase, a Nyasaland African, as Coloureds, coloured in the South African sense, or mulatto. At some point, he moved to Bridgeton, Missouri and became pastor in its Baptist church, although there is no record of what theological training he undertook or where. Cheek applied to the Foreign Missions Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., National Baptist Convention in 1899 to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West Africa, West/Central Africa, Central African with some European descent; some also have Native Americans in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
