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Photograph of Bishop Lucius Holsey. Wearing a suit, he faces forward. As bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, Lucius Holsey oversaw the growth of the denomination in his native state of Georgia. He was also instrumental in the establishment of Paine Institute (later Paine College), which opened in Augusta in 1884. Holsey continued to influence the black community as racial diplomat and bishop of the CME Church until his death in Atlanta, Georgia in 1920.
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  1. African American Authors
  2. African American Bishops
  3. African American Civil Rights Workers
  4. African American Clergy
  5. African American Men
  6. African American Religious Leaders
  7. African American Social Reformers
  8. African Americans
  9. Augusta
  10. Authors, American
  11. Bishops
  12. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
  13. Civil Rights
  14. Civil Rights Workers
  15. Clergy
  16. Georgia
  17. Holsey, Lucius Henry, 1842 1920
  18. Men
  19. Religious Leaders
  20. Social Reformers

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