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Birth
Born to Irish immiragnt mother and Scottish immigrant father who married after they arrived.
Born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Moved to Atlanta, Georgia before starting school. -
Went to Emory for college
Majored in Chemical engineering. Felt called to be a priest but he fought calling. He got his masters in philoposy but felt he had to become a priest. He became Episcopalian, knowing he wanted to marry. -
Married Wife, Evelyn Burgess
Evelyn was a concert pianoist. -
Became priest at at first church in Rome, Georgia.
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Daughter was born, Mary
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Priest at second church in Winter Park, Florida
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Priest at third church in St. Petersburg, Florida
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Involved in Civil Rights Movement beofre organized
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Son was born, John.
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Son was born, Bruce
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Son was born, Jim
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Active in Civil Rights Movement
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Spent year in South Africa, traded lives. Spoke against Aparthied
He spoke against Aparthied, which was a system of racial segregation enforced through legislation by the National Party governments, who were the ruling party from 1948 to 1994, of South Africa, under which the rights of the majority black inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and white supremacy and Afrikaner minority rule was maintained. He was asked to leave country. -
Went to Haiti to speak against Papa Doc, escorted out of country.
Francois Duvalier was the President of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. Duvalier first won acclaim in fighting diseases, earning him the nickname "Papa Doc". He opposed a military coup d'état in 1950, and was elected president in 1957 on a populist and black nationalist platform. His rule, based on a purged military, a rural militia and the use of a personality cult and voodoo, resulted in the murder of an estimated 30,000 Haitians and an ensuing "brain drain" from which the c -
Gave opening speech for John F. Kennedy
This was at the International American Press Association, in honor of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. -
Became first Bishop of South East Diocese of Florida
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First wife dies of heart problem
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Remarried to Elaine
Born in July of 1922. -
Set up Cuban Refuge Program
During the 1960s Cuban refugees came to Florida in great numbers. The church in South Florida helped with aid in resettling, language instruction, emergency food, and clothing. -
Set up program for AIDS victims
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Head of planned parenthood
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Won humanitarian of the year and other awards.
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Retired, Traveled.
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Death
