SDPC National Site - 2006 Honorees

	Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow Chair of the Board Emeritus of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Associate Minister of the Vernon Park Church of God in Chicago; field organizer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1953 - 1965, including the March on Selma, Alabama; founding member of Operation Breadbasket and an organizing partner, with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson of Operation Breadbasket, Operation PUSH and Rainbow PUSH; has led peace and reconciliation delegations around the world, including North Vietnam in 1968; affectionately called The "Little Warrior."

	Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Grant Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC), Atlanta, Ga.; pioneer and leading scholar of womanist theology; author and editor of many articles and books; visiting professor at many institutions, including Harvard, Emory, New York Theological Seminary and Bennett College; founding director of a global womanist scholars program, Black Women in Church and Society, ITC.

	Bishop Leontine T. C. Kelly Bishop Retired of the United Methodist Church; elected in 1984, becoming the first African American woman and second woman to hold that denominational position; civil and human rights activist engaged in such issues as the rights of children and farm workers, HIV/AIDS, the fight against illiteracy, poverty, violence and racism; doctor of divinity degree from Emory University and visiting professor at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA.

	Rev. Dr. Samuel B.McKinney Pastor Emeritus of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, Washington; legendary leader of the Civil Rights movement; classmate and friend to Martin L. King; author of the classic, Church Administration in the Black Perspective; founder of Liberty Bank, Seattle; cited by Ebony magazine as one of America's top black preachers; recipient of multiple honorary degrees.

	Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith Pastor Emeritus of Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, California; professor at the American Baptist Seminary of the West; cited by Ebony magazine as one of America's top black preachers; past president of the American Baptist Churches of the West and the Progressive National Baptist Convention; recipient of hundreds of awards and published more than sixteen books.

	Celebrant: Rev. Dr. John W. Kinney

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