Praying Grounds: African American Faith Communities
A Complete List of Interviews from All Churches
(hyperlinked names are available online)
A
- Brenda Ware Abrams
Member, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church; Gospel Announcer, WABQ Radio - Dovie Adams
Member, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church - Dr. Roderick Adams
Member, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church - Harland Alexander
Member, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church - Osman Ali
Member, Cleveland's Somali Bantu Islamic Community - June Sallee Antoine
Member, Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights (United Church of Christ) - Serreta Archer
Member, St. Timothy Baptist Church
B
- Harriette Bailey
Member, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church Wings Over Jordan Alumni and Friends - Dr. Samuel Barber
Wings Over Jordan Scholar
- Hubert E. Barfield, Sr.
- Christine Benton
Member, Gethsemane Baptist Church - Harriet Bonner
Former Member, St. Philip’s Lutheran Church; Member, Lee Road Baptist Church - Jocelyn Booker
Member, Mount Zion Congregational Church - The Boyd Family:
Interviews from three generations of Boyd family members for the Boyd Funeral Home Oral History Project. Copies donated to Praying Grounds by Nancy Nolan Jones of the African American Museum- William Boyd, Sr. and Mary Boyd (wife)
E. F. Boyd and Sons Funeral Homes - William ("Pepper") Boyd
E. F. Boyd and Sons Funeral Homes - Marina Boyd Grant
E. F. Boyd and Sons Funeral Homes - Owen Grant
E. F. Boyd and Sons Funeral Homes - Marcella Boyd Cox
E. F. Boyd and Sons Funeral Homes - Lisa Taylor
E. F. Boyd and Sons Funeral Homes - Victoria Boyd
E. F. Boyd and Sons Funeral Homes
- William Boyd, Sr. and Mary Boyd (wife)
- Glenn Brackens
Pianist, Composer, Educator; Founder and Director, The Wings Over Jordan Celebration Chorus - Beverly Brown
Minister of Music, Open Door Baptist Church - Luella Brown
Member, Gethsemane Baptist Church; Member, The Wings Over Jordan Celebration Chorus - Wyatt C. Brownlee
Member, St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church - Fred Burton
Member, Providence Baptist Church; Founder, Gospel Music Historical Society - William "Dub" Burton
Quartet Singer with The Master Keys (Quartet Singer) - Katherine Butler
Member, St. Adalbert's Catholic Church
C-F
- David Cabbil
Member, First United Methodist Church and Wings Over Jordan Alumni and Friends - Dr. Gary Carrington
Member, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church - James Catledge
Holy Trinity Baptist Church - Wilma Combs (Deceased)
Member, St. Andrews Episcopal Church and Former President, Union of Black Episcopalians - Ebony Cooper
Member, Mount Haven Baptist Church - Harold Crawford
NSA / SGI-USA - Evelyn Joyce Crowell
Member, Bethany Christian Church; Member, The Wings Over Jordan Celebration Chorus; Former Member, The Prestonians - Darlene Darby-Baldwin
Member, Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Julius Davis
Pianist, Grace Tabernacle Baptist Church - Mary H. Davis
Choir Member and Usher, Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church - Anthony Dial
Member, United Church of God - Bishop J. Delano Ellis
Establishmentarian (Founder), United Pentecostal Churches of Christ - John H. Foxhall
Member, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church Wings Over Jordan Alumni and Friends
G - I
- Carrie L. Gill
Member, Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church - George A. Gill, Jr.
World War II Veteran and Retired Postal Employee - Gladys Goodloe
Member, Antioch Baptist Church and Wings Over Jordan Choir - Judge Sara J. Harper (Retired)
Member, Mt. Olive Baptist Church - Rev. Larry Harris
Pastor, Mt. Olive Baptist Church - Annie Huff
Member, Triedstone Baptist Church - Drene Ivy
Keyboard Artist (Black Sacred Music and Jazz) - Drene Ivy, Part II (Piano Studio); Gospel Piano for HIS 326 Class
J - L
- Betty Jenkins
Member, East View United Church of Christ - Rev. Mary Johnson
Founder and Pastor Faithworks Church - Eddie Jones
Member, Wings Over Jordan Alumni and Friends - Elvira Jones
Member, Shiloh Baptist Church - Helen Jones
Member, Gethsemane Baptist Church - Rev. Jewell Jones
Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church - Rev. Dr. Valentino Lassiter
Pastor, East View United Christ of Christ - Rev. Melvin Kenniebrew
Pastor, Prince of Peace Baptist Church and Quartet Singer with The Sensational Saints - Shirley Kilpatrick
Member, Mount Zion Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) - Clarence Love
Member, Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Judson Lyons
Member, Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Lila Lyons
Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church
M - Q
- Ousmane Macalou
Independent African Scholar - Franklin Martin
Member, Affinity Baptist Church - John Matthews
Member, Wings Over Jordan Alumni and Friends - Murtle Mell
Member, Gethsemane Baptist Church and Wings Over Jordan Alumni and Friends - Carolyn McLaughlin
Member, Shiloh Baptist Church - Yvonne Marcus
Member, Mt. Sinai Baptist Church - Rev. Dr. Margaret Mitchell
Associate Minister, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church; Director, Otis Moss, Jr. Health Center - Rev. Robert Moore
Pastor, Glenville Seventh Day Adventist Church - Rev. Dr. Dennis Norris
Retired Executive Minister, Cleveland Baptist Association - Rev. Henry Payden
Retired Pastor, Holy Trinity Baptist Church; Vocalist and former Member, Wings Over Jordan Choir - Prester Pickett
Member, Mount Sinai Baptist Church - Dillard Poole
Member, Parkwood Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev. Earl Preston, Jr.,
Pastor, Morning Star Baptist Church and Founder, The Prestonians Choral Group - Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Price
Pastor, Grace Tabernacle Baptist Church
R - S
- Diana Reid
Member, Elizabeth Baptist Church, Owner, Blessings Bookstore - Floyetine Roberts
Member, New Bethlehem Baptist Church - Corene Robinson
Member, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church; President Greater Cleveland Choral Chapter of The National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses - Rev. Fred Robinson
Member, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church; Founder, "I Believe in God" Ministries - Marguerite Sands
Member, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church - Mary Sands
Choir Member and Playwright, Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Kim Scott
Member, First Cleveland Mosque - Rose Simmons
Member, Gethsemane Baptist Church and Wings Over Jordan Alumni and Friends - Rev. Arthur Smith
Director of Men’s Chorus, Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Carolyn Smith
Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Odessa Still
Award-Winning Gospel Radio Announcer, Former Member, Deep River Song Birds (Female Quartet Singers) - Rev. Stephen D. Sullivan, Pastor
Gethsemane Baptist Church - Alhaji Papa Susso
Muslim Gambian Griot
T - Z
- David Thomas
Pianist, Associate Minister, Music Olivet Institutional Baptist Church - Helen Turner Thompson
Pianist / Choral Director, Antioch Baptist Church - Todd Thompson
Minister of Music, East Mt. Zion Baptist Church - Rev. Samuel E. Tidmore, IV
President and CEO, The Village Television, Member, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church - Judge George Trumbo (Retired)
Member, Mt. Olive Baptist Church - Brenda Wade
Member, Gethsemane Baptist Church - Rev. Gregory Walker
Pastor, Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Patricia Walker
Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Belva Waller
Church Organist and Member, Shiloh Baptist Church - Geraldine Washington
Former Member, The Spiritual Gifts Choir - Patricia Washington
Member, Cleveland's Islamic Community - Cleva Webster
Member, Antioch Baptist Church; Former Member, WGAR "Negro Hour" Choir and The Wings Over Jordan Choir - Elsie Williams
Member, Warrensville Road Community Baptist Church - Lethia Williams
Vocalist, Mt. Zion Fellowship - June Wynn
Pianist and Member, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church - Geraldine Young
Member, Gethsemane Baptist Church and Wings Over Jordan Alumni and Friends - Ronald Young
Member, New Spirit Revival Church
