Edgar Amos Love (1891-1974)
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Founder of the first fraternity in a black college and later a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Waymark Code: WM12Z3N
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2020
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Edgar Amos Love, son of a Methodist minister, was born in Harrisonburg in 189l. On 17 Nov. 1911, while a student at Howard University, he co-founded Omega Psi Phi, the first fraternity established at a historically black college. The organization later expanded beyond the United States. Ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Love served overseas as an army chaplain during World War I. He became a bishop in 1952 and worked to desegregate the church. Dedicated to social justice, he advocated nonviolent protest against discrimination and helped lead the Southern Conference Educational Fund, an interracial civil rights organization.
Department of Historic Resources, 2014
Marker Number: A 120
Marker Title: Edgar Amos Love (1881-1974)
Marker Location: At Stering Street and Effinger Street, Harrisonburg
County or Independent City: Harrisonburg
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
Web Site: Not listed
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