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Leontine Kelly
first Black
woman bishop
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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 22
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LEONTINE KELLY THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN BISHOP Bishop Leontine T.
C. Kelly says she not only plans to bring the Black and female perspective to her new
position but also “ability, training, talent, commitment and faith.”
Kelly named first
Black woman bishop
Bishop Leontine T. C. Kelly,
known as an excellent ad
ministrator and dynamic preacher,
embarked on an “amazing jour
ney” to become the first Black
woman bishop of a major
denomination, reports the
November EBONY.
The 64-year-old Kelly was elec
ted bishop of the San Francisco
Area of the United Methodist
Church last July. Bishop Kelly
comes from a long line of ministers
but gave no thought to becoming
one herself until 14 years ago when
her minister husband died.
It was only eight years ago that
Augustan named
to fellowship
KANSAS CIIY, MO Dr. Allen
N. Brown has been named a
Fellow of the American Academy
of Family Physicians.
The degree of Fellowship may be
attained in either of two ways:
Successful completion of 600 or
more hours of accredited con
tinuing medical study, or
achievement of diplomats status in
tne specialty ot family practice as a
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she graduated from seminary. She
says of that experience, “The rest
of the class may have been mar
ching to ‘Pomp and Circumstance’
but I was marching to ‘Amazing
Grace.’”
Bishop Kelly is a devoted mother*
and grandmother but God and his
work come first in her life. She
says, “I want to help people
develop as disciples of Jesus
Christ, not merely as members,”
Bishop Kelly also wants to see
the church become more involved
in the social and economic
development of communities, par-
result of passing a certifying
examination administered by the
American Board of Family Prac
tice.
Fellowship entitles the conferee
to use the title, “Fellow of the
American Academy of Family
Physicians,” or “FAAFP.” The
degree was conferred Oct. 10,
upon more than 600 members of the.
Academy in conjunction with
AAFP’s annual convention and
scientific assembly in Kansas City.
Ceremonies were held in the
Music Hall before some 1,000 per
sons. Fellowship candidates wore
academic robes and mortarboard
caps. They were recognized accor
ding to state chapter groups and
the oath of fellowhsip was recited
en masse.
The Academy, comprising more
than 55,000 members in practice
and in training, was the pioneer
national medical group requiring
members to take continuing study,
a minimum of 150 accredited
hours every three vears.
Black couple
gives Paine
$50,000
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ticularly Black communities.
When asked if being the first
Black female bishop would serve
as a hindrance to her plans, Bishop
Kelly responded, “The only hin
drance is that it’s taken so long.”
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REP. TYRONE BROOKS (right) proudly accepts the Roy
Wilkins Award from NAACP State President Robert
Flanagan, standing under portrait of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. in the State Capitol Building, Atlanta. Georgia.
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$50,000 Dr. Daniel A. Collins, flanked by Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Robinson, so im
pressed the San Francisco couple that they gave $50,000 to Paine College without having
ever seen it. Dr. Collins is a Paine College graduate and chairman of its Board of
Trustees.
California couple donates
$50,000 to Paine
by Mallory K. Millender
A San Francisco couple has been
so impressed with a Paine College
graduate that they* came to
Augusta this past weekend to give
the college $50,000.
Wilfred W. Robinson, a retired
interior decorator, said the interest
from the $50,000 will be used to
provide scholarships. “We would
hope it would touch some kid to do
the kind of thing Dr. (Daniel A.)
Collins has done throughout his
life.”
Dr. Collins is a retired Dentist in
San Francisco. He is also chairman
of the Paine College Board of
Trustees and president of the
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Robinson’s wife, Lillian,
worked for Dr. Collins for 18 years
as a dental assistant. She said of
him, “We have found him to be the
product of Paine College, an out
standing citizen, a good family
man and a humanitarian. I know
from experience that Dr. Collins
has worked relentlessly for every
cause.”
Mr. Robinson, who did not at
tend couege, learned decorating
from his father and became licen-
Brooks honored with
Roy Wilkins award
State Representative Tyrone
Brooks was honored with the
highest award from the NAACP at
its 42nd Statl* Convention in
Valdosta, Georgia last weekend.
Brooks, a veteran legislator and
nationally recognized civil rights
leader received the Roy Wilkins
Award for outstanding service,
an award named in honor of the
NAACP’s late national president.
Robert Flanagan, NAACP state
president, saic as he presented the
award to Brooks, “The reason
we’re honoring Tyrone is because
I’ve seen everybody and his
brother get awards but Tyrone
Brooks”
“Brooks has worked as hard, if
not harder, as many civil rights
leaders, and I felt like, by gosh,
let’s pay him his dues”, Flanagan
said.
“The NAACP is the vanguard
of civil rights. This is one of the
highest awards you can get. It is
the epitome of awards.,.,l don’t
know if I deserve it, but I will
always cherish it from rhe bottom
of my heart”, Brooks said.
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sed after finishing the John
O’Connor Trade School. Mrs.
Robinson graduated from the City
College of San Francisco.
The Robinsons have been
married for 46 years and their only
child died in a fire 44 years ago.
They came to Augusta this
weekend to meet Paine’s trustees
and to see the college.
Asked for their reaction after
having seen the college, Robinson
said, “I wish I had more to give.
That’s the honest truth. We’ve
been overwhelmed with the
response we’ve received, and we
plan to donate to the college on an
ongoing basis.”
the Civil Rights Movement. He
was hired by Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. to fulltime position in the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference in 1967. He held five
executive positions before leaving
the organization in 1979.
A native of Warrenton,Georgia,
he currently serves as National
President of the Martin Luther
King Jr. Movement. He also is
president off Tyrone Brooks and
Associates, a public relations and
political consulting firm He ser
ved as chairman of the Georgia
Jesse Jackson Presidential Cam
paign and has been asked by Rev.
Jackson to serve as State Chair
man of the "Rainbow Coalition of
Georgia which he has agreed to do.
He is also serving as Deputy Direc
tor of Mondale/Ferraro.
Last year, Brooks authored and
pushed through the Georgia
Legislature a law that protects
citizens from groups like the Ku
Klux Klan, and toughens the
penalty for acts of racial violence.
Brooks was honored by the Atlan
ta Branch of the NAACP in Sep
tember of last year.
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