Source Collection
University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections, William Lindsey McDonald Collection, Box 6: Speeches, Writings, Sermons, Folder 10.22: Articles-ST-SW, Collier Library.
Description
TimesDaily article by William Lindsey McDonald about the establishment of the first African American Church in Alabama, Church Spring and eventually the Greater Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, by the Reverend Robin Lightfoot in 1837.
Date Created
9-4-2026
Date
February 11, 1993
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
William Lindsey McDonald, “State's First Black Church was Started by Lightfoot,” TimesDaily, February 11, 1993, p. 25-26.
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Publication Title
TimesDaily
First Page
25
Last Page
26
McDonald Article about Rev. Robin Lightfoot
Comments
The additional file is a research article William Lindsey McDonald wrote about Reverend Robin Lightfoot. The article contains much of the same information as the TimesDaily article, but is slightly more extensive.
Citation:
William Lindsay McDonald, "A Wartime Preacher," University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections, William Lindsey McDonald Collection, Box 6: Speeches, Writings, Sermons, Folder 10.26: Articles-W, Collier Library.