William Yancy Bell Explained

William Yancy Bell (or William Yancey Bell) (February 23, 1887  - April 10, 1962) received a Ph.D.^[1] from Yale University in 1924 was a sometime follower of Marcus Garvey and became a bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church .^[2]

At Yale he specialized in the Department of Semitic Languages and Letters.^[3]

Dr. Bell was very active in civil rights issues as evidenced by his being a member of a Negro delegation to visit President Harry Truman to get him to integrate the U.S. Armed Forces.^[4] He worked with W. E. B. Dubois and ordained Martin Luther King Jr. on January 17, 1942, when King was 13 years old.^[4]

References

• Bell WY. THE MUTAWAKKILI OF AS-SUYUTI. New Haven: Yale University, 1924
• Bardoplph R. The Negro Vanguard. New York: Rinehart & Co, Inc., 1959;
• Burkett R.K. Black Redemption: Churchmen Speak for the Garvey Movement. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Mutawakkili of as-Suyuti [microform].
2. Web site: AARDOC: African-American Religious History, 1919–1939.
3. Negro Yearbook by Monroe Work Tuskegee Institute 1925 page 49
4. Web site: The life and times of Bishop William Yancy Bell Sr., Ph.D. . Carl C. Bell . ResearchGate.