For this week’s Black History Month video series, we look at the life and impact of Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, who became the first, and only, black Deaconess in The Episcopal Church.
Watch the full video below, as told by Deacon Lynda Hurt.
For this week’s Black History Month video series, we look at the life and impact of Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, who became the first, and only, black Deaconess in The Episcopal Church.
Watch the full video below, as told by Deacon Lynda Hurt.
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