The Reverend Horatius Holipheal Coleman (February 22, 1892 – December 13, 1969), better known as H. H. Coleman, was an American church pastor and evangelist. Reverend Coleman, who was born in Sandersville, Georgia, was senior pastor of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, from 1935 until his death in 1969. He was the paternal great-grandfather of former U.S. Representative Kendrick B. Meek,[1] and the maternal grandfather of actress Barbara Meek.
H. H. Coleman | |
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| Born | Horatius Holipheal Coleman February 22, 1892 Sandersville, Georgia, United States |
| Died | December 13, 1969 (aged 77) |
| Spouse(s) | Mamie L. Coleman (née Jordan), Bertha Coleman (Bentley) 2 children = Juanita Meek Brown (b. 1914), Rev. Horatius H.Coleman Jr. (b. 1938) |
Congregations served | Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan
New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan First Baptist Institutional Church, Detroit, Michigan Beulah Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia |
Rev. Coleman was a good friend of Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., father of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On May 3, 1936, King Jr. (age 7) was baptized at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, after a two-week annual revival that was led by Rev. H. H. Coleman (serving as guest evangelist).[2]
References
edit- "Revival Drawing Fine Crowds at Ebenezer." Atlanta Daily World 21 April 1936. p. 1
External links
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- An historical look at Beulah Baptist Church
- First Baptist Institutional Church - About Us
- New Bethel Baptist Church - Usher Ministry
- History of Calvary Baptist Church
- Michigan Progressive Baptist Convention - History
- Jet Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 1, p. 45- Apr 14, 1966 - Google Books
- Jet Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 21, p. 56- Mar 2, 1967 - Google Books
- Lee, Paul. "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Michigan, 1945-68." The Michigan Citizen
- Rev. H.H. Coleman Family Responsibility LP Detroit Sermon - Ebay
- Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, 1969 Volume 4, pp. 3638-3639 - Memorial to Reverend H.H. Coleman - Snippet
- Salvatore, Nick. "Singing in a strange land: C.L. Franklin, the Black church, and the Transformation of America" : Little, Brown, pp. 112 and 229 - Google Books