Pioneer James D. Parker Sr. Returns to Speak

Abstract

Martin Luther King Jr. Day has special meaning in our country. At Cedarville University, this year’s celebration will have extra significance as Rev. James D. Parker Sr., the first African-American student to apply — then enroll — at Cedarville, will speak in chapel.

Parker first put his feet on Cedarville’s campus in 1954. He departed his Portsmouth, Ohio, hometown for Cedarville University because he wanted to attend a college that allowed him to study the Bible. He didn’t understand at the time that he was making history.

Publication Date

1-4-2016

Keywords

Cedarville, Cedarville University, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, first African-American student

Recommended Citation

Weinstein, Mark D., "Pioneer James D. Parker Sr. Returns to Speak" (2016). News Releases. 226.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/news_releases/226