The Teacher was a quarterly publication issued by the National Baptist Publishing Board that contained weekly Bible lessons for teachers. These lessons included a main scripture passage, daily scripture readings, a set of discussion questions, and an editorial by a prominent Baptist minister. Help us transcribe this publication to learn more about what students were learning in January-March 1948.
Richard Henry Boyd, commonly known as the Rev. Dr. R. H. Boyd, was a minister and businessman who founded the National Baptist Publishing Board and the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. Born enslaved in Mississippi, Boyd moved to Texas after the Civil War and was ordained as a minister in 1871. Boyd served at several churches throughout the state of Texas and as a district missionary for the Texas Negro Baptist Convention. While in Texas, Boyd became concerned that Baptist publications and Sunday school materials produced by white people did not meet the needs of African American Baptists. In 1896, Boyd moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and founded the National Baptist Publishing Board so that African American Baptists could produce and consume their own religious materials. The National Baptist Publishing Board printed and distributed periodicals, song and lesson books, and various other spiritually themed titles for African American Baptist churches. By 1921, the board was printing 15 different periodicals with a combined circulation of over 7.5 million. More than 120 years after its founding, the National Baptist Publishing Board, now known as the R.H. Boyd Publishing Company, continues to provide resources for African American churches and communities across the country.
