Title: Father Divine Description: Father Divine (George Baker, Jr.; 1876-September 10, 1965), (birth day and month unknown), African American spiritual leader and evangelist, leads his "angels" to their estate at Krum Elbow, New York, across the Hudson River from the Hyde Park estate of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882-April 12, 1945); Father Divine's full name was Rev. Major Jealous Divine; AKA: "the Messenger;" founded the International Peace Mission movement which grew into a multi-racial international church; claimed to be God; some consider him to be a fraud and the first modern cult leader, while others say he helped his followers financially and to achieve racial equality; Location: New York, New York, 1938 Keywords: African American spiritual leaders, evangelists, evangelism, God, Harlem, Krum Elbow, the Messenger, racial equality, spiritual leaders, 1930s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1564 (3.28 MPixels) (1.34) Print Size: 17.8 x 13.2 cm; 7.0 x 5.2 inches File Size: 9.41 MB (9,865,938 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000096640 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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