BISHOP JOHN HURST

Rt. Rev. John Hurst, presiding bishop of the Florida Confer-
ence, African Methodist Episcopal Church, and resident bishop of
Baltimore District.

Probably no man in Baltimore has the confidence of the public
in general more than has Bishop Hurst. In conjunction with his ar-
duous duties as presiding: officer of the Florida Conference of his
denomination, he takes a keen interest in the civic affairs and is al-
ways in the forefront of any movement that has for its object the
betterment of mankind. In a recent address before one of the con-
ferences, the Bishop took occasion to forcefully criticize the condi-
tions affecting the Negro in the South. The address was generally
regarded as one of the most fearless expositions of conditions ever
expressed by a colored man south of the Mason and Dixon Line.

Bishop John Hurst is one of the best known churchmen in the
country. He ie a member of a number of bodies, including the
American Political and Social Science Association and the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In the last
named body he is a member of the Executive Committee, as well as
serving as a member of the Spingarn Medal Committee.

Biship Hurst owes much of his success to his charming wife,
Mrs. K. Bertha Hurst. Their only son, Benoni Price Hurst is an in-
tern at Howard University. Bishop and Mrs. Hurst reside at 1808
McCulloh Street.