Resources

Writings About African-Americans in Missions

General Books

African-American Experience in World Mission: A Call Beyond Community, edited by Vaughn J. Walston and Robert J. Stevens

Black Americans and the Missionary Movement in Africa, edited by Sylvia M. Jacobs

Going Global Beyond the Boundaries: The Role of the Black Church in the Great Commission of Jesus Christ, by Carl F. Ellis, Jr.

The Black American Missionary Movement and Africa: 1780s –1920s , by David Killingray

Autobiographies and Biographies

A Divine Assignment: The Missiology of Wendell Clay Somerville, by David Emmanuel Goatley

A Higher Mission: The Careers of Alonzo and Althea Brown Edmiston in Central Africa, by Kimberly D. Hill

A New Man: Missionary Journeys of An African American Man, by Rev. Dr. Hoise Birks

Lott Carey: First Black Missionary to Africa, by Leroy Fitts

Profiles of African-American Missionaries, edited by Robert J. Stevens and Brian Johnson

The Unknown Soldiers: Black Missionaries of the 20^th Century, by Dr. Joseph C. Jeter

Waite: A Man Who Could Not Wait, by Montrose Waite

*Some of these books are better written than others, so it may be good to read a few reviews before making a purchase.

Articles

“A Milestone in Missions” by Wycliffe Bible Translators

“A Story of God’s Goodness: The Life and Legacy of Josephine Makil

“History of Mission: African-American Missions”, by The Traveling Team,

“Racism and the Great Commission” by CJ Davison and Richard Coleman

“Southern Baptists Have Only 13 African American Career Missionaries. What Will It Take to Mobilize More?” by David Roach

“The Coming African American Missions Movement” by Rebecca Hopkins

“Where are All the African American Missionaries” by Richard Coleman

“Where in the World Are Black Missionaries?”, by Maisie Sparks

 “Woman on the Front Lines” by Janet Sebastian

Websites

RMNI Reconciliation Ministries Network

African American Missionaries (Yale Library Special Collection)