Henry L. Phillips

Henry L. Phillips
Phillips circa 1897
Born
Henry Laird Phillips

(1847-03-11)March 11, 1847
DiedMay 27, 1947(1947-05-27) (aged 100)
EducationLincoln University (Pennsylvania)
Philadelphia Divinity School
Occupation(s)Priest, social reformer
EmployerEpiscopal Diocese of Pennsylvania

Henry Laird Phillips (March 11, 1847 – May 27, 1947) was an American social reformer and rector of the Church of the Crucifixion, an African American Episcopal Church congregation in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission erected a commemorative marker outside the church in 1993. W. E. B. Du Bois praised Phillips as "one of the most valuable social reformers of the day."[1]

  1. ^ Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt (1903). The Negro Church: Report of a Social Study Made Under the Direction of Atlanta University; Together with the Proceedings of the Eighth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, Held at Atlanta University, May 26th, 1903. Atlanta, GA: Atlanta University Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4679-2849-6.