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Headlines In My Head Vol2Q04162022
5 Headlines in My Head From The Previous Week April 11–15
Happy Birthday Spelman College!
Two New England Missionaries acted upon their vision to start a school for recently freed African American Women. These two women, Sophia Packard and Harriet E. Giles worked tirelessly to establish the Atlanta Baptist Seminary. While they had support and assistance, it was Reverend Frank Quarles, Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church that helped propel the vision forward with a facility for the school. In a letter written on April 11, 1881, Miss Packard explains:
The vestry of Dr. Quarles’ church was offered [to] us free of charge, and it was thought best that we open a school there for women and girls. They all said the women of Georgia had been neglected and they fully believed the Lord had sent us and it was best we had come just now…We have been visiting during the week and find many who wish to attend school — the women many of them say we have been praying for a Baptist school and the Lord has answered our prayer.https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/news-and-events/our-stories/stories/2020/04/11/sophia-packard-and-harriet-giles
In the summer of 1882, Miss Packard spoke to the congregation of the Wilson Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio appealing to Northern Churches for assistance. John…
