Charles Carpenter

Religious Leader

1899 – 1969

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Who was Charles Carpenter?

Charles Colcock Jones Carpenter D.D., LL.D was consecrated Bishop of the Alabama Episcopal Diocese on June 24, 1938 and served until 1968. He was one of the authors of the "A Call for Unity" letter published during Martin Luther King Jr.'s incarceration in a Birmingham, Alabama jail, asking him and his followers to refrain from demonstrating in the streets of Birmingham.

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Born
Sep 2, 1899
Religion
  • Episcopal Church
Died
Jun 29, 1969

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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