26 Facts About Prathia Hall

Prathia Laura Ann Hall Wynn was an American leader and activist in the Civil Rights Movement, a womanist theologian, and ethicist.

Prathia Hall was the key inspiration for Martin Luther King Jr.

Prathia Hall's father founded Mount Sharon Baptist Church, an inner-city congregation in an under-served area of the city.

Prathia Hall's father was a Baptist preacher and a passionate advocate for racial justice, who regarded her as his successor.

Prathia Hall inspired her to pursue religion and social justice.

Prathia Hall credited many groups, such as the National Conference of Christians and Jews for singling her out and helping her to develop.

Prathia Hall attended predominantly white schools until the age of five; she took a train ride South with her sisters to visit their grandparents.

In 1961, while still a junior at Temple, Prathia Hall was arrested in Annapolis, Maryland, for participating in the anti-segregation protests on Maryland's rural Eastern Shore.

Prathia Hall was held without bail in jail for two weeks.

Prathia Hall became one of the first women field leaders in southwest Georgia.

Prathia Hall was shot at by and jailed many times in Georgia, including in the notorious Sasser, Georgia, jail.

Prathia Hall became known for her oratorical power, which she expressed in movement meetings and preaching.

In September 1962, Prathia Hall agreed to participate in a service commemorating Mount Olive Baptist in Terrell County, which had been burned to the ground by the Ku Klux Klan.

Prathia Hall was scheduled to deliver a prayer during the service.

Prathia Hall was called to Selma, Alabama in the winter of 1963 after SNCC field secretary Bernard Lafayette was beaten and jailed there in relation to demonstrations for voter registration.

Prathia Hall resigned from SNCC in 1966 after it began to shift away from continued support of nonviolence.

Prathia Hall decided to pursue divinity studies and ordination, after many years of wrestling with a calling to the ministry.

Prathia Hall moved to Roosevelt, New York with her husband Ralph Wynn.

Prathia Hall struggled with religion after her daughter died of a stroke.

Prathia Hall was one of the first women ordained in the American Baptist Association.

Prathia Hall joined the faculty at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, eventually becoming dean of African American studies, and director of the school's Harriet Miller Women's Center.

Prathia Hall was a visiting scholar at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

Prathia Hall later joined the faculty at the Boston University School of Theology, holding the Martin Luther King Chair in Social Ethics.

Prathia Hall was well known for being a compelling speaker and preacher.

Prathia Hall remained active in her role in the until her death in 2002 after a long battle with cancer, at the age of 62.

Prathia Hall is one of the platform speakers I would prefer not to follow.