93

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
arduous duties as presiding officer of the Florida Conference of
his denomination, he takes a keen interest in civic affairs and
is always in the forefront of any movement that has for its object
the betterment of mankind. In a recent address before one of the
conferences, the Bishop took occasion to forcefully criticize the
conditions affecting the negro in the South The address was gen-
erally regarded as one of the most fearless expositions of con-
ditions 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 is 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.

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