George W. Woodbey | |
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| Born | George Washington Woodbey October 5, 1854 |
| Died | August 27, 1937 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Author, minister |
| Political party | Republican Prohibition Party Socialist |
George Washington Woodbey (October 5, 1854 – August 27, 1937) was an influential African-American minister, author and Socialist. He wrote several influential papers about Socialism and African Americans, ministered in churches in the Midwestern United States and California, and served as the sole Black delegate to the Socialist Party of America conventions in 1904 and 1908.[1]
- ^ Foner, P.S. (2003) "Chapter 27. Reverend George Washington Woodbey, Early Twentieth-Century Californian Black Socialist," in West, C. and Glaude, E.S. (eds) African American Religious Thought: An Anthology. Westminster John Knox Press. p 665.