15 October 2015 A.D. Michael Curry-- The Episcopal Church’s first black leader — and its ‘tortuous’ path toward integration
15 October 2015 A.D. Michael Curry-- The Episcopal Church’s first black leader — and its ‘tortuous’ path toward integration Bailey, Sarah Pulliam. “ The Episcopal Church’s first black leader — and its ‘tortuous’ path toward integration.” The Washington Post. 15 Oct 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/first-black-episcopal-church-leader-will-continue-his-fathers-teachings/2015/10/14/bede82e2-72b2-11e5-8d93-0af317ed58c9_story.html . Accessed 15 Oct 2015. The Episcopal Church’s first black leader — and its ‘tortuous’ path toward integration Bishop Michael Curry vividly remembers growing up in segregated Buffalo in the 1950s and ’60s, where on one bright morning in 1963, he crossed Main Street from East Buffalo to West Buffalo to attend an integrated school. As an Episcopal priest and civil rights activist, his late father, Kenneth Curry, helped lead the boycott of the city’s ...