Foggie, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1912-2000
Biography:
Ordained to ministry African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1936; elected bishop, 1968. Pastor Wadsworth St. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Providence, 1936-39, Rush African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1939-44, Wesley Center African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Pittsburgh, 1944-68; bishop 12th district, Arkansas, North Arkansas, Georgia, South Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, 1968-72, 5th district, Allegheny, Phila.-Balt., Virginia Conferences, 1972-76, 3d district, 1972-80, 3d district, Allegheny, Phila.-Balt., Ohio, Guyana, Barbados Conferences, 1980-88. Past president Pittsburgh branch NAAC, Housing Authority, City of Pittsburgh; member Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Recipient Congl. Record citation, 50 years in pastoral ministry, 1986, 1st Ann. Service award Pittsburgh branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; fellow University Pittsburgh (Who's Who)
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project (Carnegie Museum of Art)
- Justice Thurgood Marshall speaking from podium in Wesley Center A.M.E. Zion church with men and women seated behind him, including Bishop Charles Foggie on left (Black-and-white photographs)
- Men and women, including Bishop Charles Foggie, possibly with Marion Jordan, protesting for civil rights, with signs outside Woolworth's department store, downtown (Black-and-white photographs)
- Protesters, including Judge Henry Smith and Byrd Brown, marching outside Woolworth's carrying NAACP posters protesting lunch counter segregation, with Matthew Moore, Mal Goode, and Bishop Foggie in background (Black-and-white photographs)
- Protesters, including Reverend Donald McIlvane, Reverend LeRoy Patrick, and Bishop Charles Foggie, marching in front of North Avenue Savings and Loan, street no. 812, Rittle Rosfeld Co. and Schwinn Bicycle (Black-and-white photographs)
- Protesters, including Reverend Jimmy Joe Robinson, Mugsy Moore and Bishop Charles Foggie, marching across the street from Wiemer Tire Company, with sign painted on building reading "North Avenue Savings & Loan Across the Street" (Black-and-white photographs)
- Reverend Charles Foggie presenting plaque inscribed Radio Station "WAMO...Presented by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" to man wearing striped necktie, with Marion Jordan looking on, at Wesley Center A.M.E. Zion Church (Black-and-white photographs)