Harry Van Buren Richardson Explained

Harry Van Buren Richardson
Birth Date:	27 June 1901
Birth Place:	Jacksonville, Florida, US
Death Place:	Atlanta, Georgia, US
Occupation:	Theologian, author, educator

Harry Van Buren Richardson (June 27, 1901 – December 13, 1990) was a theologian, writer, and the first president of the Interdenominational Theological Center.

Education

Richardson began his college training from Western Reserve University where he received an A.B., and later matriculated to Harvard University where he received a S.T.B. from the Divinity School. While at Harvard, he was awarded the university's two highest honors. In 1945, Richardson received his PhD from Drew University in rural sociology and religion.^{[1] [2]}

Published works

• 1947: Dark Glory: A Picture of the Church among Negroes in the Rural South^[3]
• 1976: Dark Salvation: The Story of Methodism as It Developed among Blacks in America^{[4] [5]}
• 1981: Walk Together, Children: The Story of the Birth and Growth of the Interdenominational Theological Center^[6]

External links

• Web site: Collection: Harry V. Richardson collection Archives Research Center . 20.500.12322/fa:052 . findingaids.auctr.edu . Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.
• Dr. Harry V. Richardson speaking into a dictaphone(1955) at the ITC
• Selma T. and Harry V. Richardson Ecumenical Fellowship
• Letter from Harry V. Richardson to W. E. B. Du Bois, April 22, 1940
• "Why I Believe There is a God", Ebony, October 1962
• Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harry V. Richardson, 1959–1968 . Walk Together Children: A History of the Interdenominational Theological Center . . July 31, 2018.
2. Book: Knotts . Alice G. . Yrigoyen . Charles Jr. . Warrick . Susan E. . Historical Dictionary of Methodism . November 7, 2013 . Scarecrow Press . 9780810878945 . 310 . 3 . https://books.google.com/books?id=aWUYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA310 . July 31, 2018 . Richardson, Harry Van Buren.
3. Book: Richardson. Harry V.. Dark Glory: A Picture of the Church among Negroes in the Rural South. 1947. Friendship Press. 503943900. February 16, 2018.
4. Book: Hildebrand. Reginald F.. The Times Were Strange and Stirring: Methodist Preachers and the Crisis of Emancipation. 1995. Duke University Press. 9780822316398. xxiv. registration. February 15, 2018. The most comprehensive single volume on the history of black Methodism is Dark Salvation: The Story of Methodism as It Developed among Blacks in America by Harry V. Richardson..
5. Book: Davis. Morris L.. The Methodist Unification: Christianity and the Politics of Race in the Jim Crow Era. 2008. NYU Press. 9780814720318. 153. February 15, 2018. ...Richardson's work is considered by many to be the classic overview of African American Methodism. Richardson's book is crucial to understanding the complex variety of African American Methodist institutions and how they have related to each other..
6. Book: Jelks. Randal Maurice. Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography. 2012. UNC Press Books. 9780807869871. 290. February 15, 2018.