FURTHER READING
MORE RESOURCES
We urge you to continue your learning about these parishes and their stories using the resources below:
DIOCESE WNC/EPISCOPAL HISTORY & RESOURCES
African Descent Ministries of The Episcopal Church
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Building Beloved Community in the Diocese of Western North Carolina
Unfinished Journey: A Brief Racial History of the Diocese of Western North Carolina
Author: The Rev. James S.F. Abbott
Year Published: 2011
Topics: Historically Black Churches in the Diocese of Western North Carolina, blaCK history in Western North Carolina
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Short Sketches of Historically Black Episcopal Churches in North Carolina
Author: Lynn Hoke
Year Published: 2015, updated 2021
Topics: Historically black churches in North Carolina
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Author: Philip Walker
Year Published: 1995
Topics: Tenure of Bishop Henry and Bishop Weinhauer in the Diocese of WNC
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A Pictorial History of The Episcopal Church in North Carolina 1701-1964
Author: The Rev. Norvin C. Duncan
Year Published: 1965
Topics: The Episcopal Diocese of WNC, other Episcopal churches in North Carolina
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Man of Vision: The Story of a Missionary Priest, the Reverend Reginald Norton Willcox
Author: Elizabeth Wilcox Thomson
Year Published: 1989
Topics: Missionary Churches in Western North Carolina, St. Peter’s, Edneyville
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Historical Sketches of Churches in the Diocese of Western North Carolina Episcopal Church
Author: James B. Sill
Year Published: 1955, revised 2018
Topics: History of the Diocese of Western North Carolina, focus on different parishes
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Author: The Rt. Rev. Quintin E. Primo Jr.
Year Published: 1998
Topics: Autobiography of Rt. Rev. Quintin E. Primo Jr, first black bishop of the Dioceses of Chicago and Delaware, former priest at St. Gabriel’s, Rutherfordton
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No Mountain Too Steep: The Ministry of the Episcopal Church in Rutherford County, North Carolina
Author: J. Derek Harbin
Year Published: 1992
Topics: St. Gabriel’s, Rutherfordton, St. Andrew’s Chapel, Diocesan History
BLACK HISTORY IN WNC/THE USA
The Black Heritage of Western North Carolina
Author: Lenwood G. Davis
Year Published: 1984
Topics: Black history in Western North Carolina, the significance of the church
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Author: Ann Miller Woodford
Year Published: 2021
Topics: Black history in Western North Carolina, African American Music
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When the Gates Lift Up Their Heads: A Story of the 70s
Author: Erskine Payne
Year Published: 2019
Topics: The Black Church in America, American Politics and Culture
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Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Author: Isabel Wilkerson
Year Published: 2011
Topics: Black citizens who fled the south in search of a better life up north
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Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: American’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Author: Joy A. Degruy
Year Published: 2017
Topics: Lasting impact of slavery in the USA, black history from slavery to Jim Crow to modern incarceration
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Author: Douglas A. Blackmon
Year Published: 2008
Topics: The “Age of Neoslavery,” evolution of slavery, prison labor
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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Author: Edward E. Baptist
Year Published: 2016
Topics: Slavery and economics, testimonies of slavery survivors, evolution of slavery
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Author: Edward Ball
Year Published: 2014
Topics: Slavery in the south (South Carolina-specific), the Ball family plantation
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Dwelling in Beulah Land: A Celebration of Rural Church Life
Author: Robin Spencer Latimore
Year Published: 2007
Topics: Rural Churches, Good Shepherd,Tryon, St. Andrew’s Chapel, St. Gabriel’s, Rutherfordton
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Columns and Porches: Architectural Treasures of Rutherford County
Author: Robin Spencer Latimore
Year Published: 2009
Topics: St. Andrew’s Chapel, other unique architectural gems of Rutherford County
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Across Two Centuries: The Lost World of Green River Plantation
Author: Robin S. Latimore
Year Published: 2003
Topics: The Green River Plantation, St. Andrew’s Chapel
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Old Rutherfordton: A Hometown History
Author: Robin S. Latimore
Year Published: 2006
Topics: Rutherford County, NC
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Lincoln County Revisited: Images of America
Author: Jackson L. Harpe
Year Published: 2003
Topics: History of Lincoln County and town of Lincolnton, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church