Delany was offered the chance to go to college. He converted to the Episcopal faith and went to St. Augustine's School. Delany would continue to be ambitious throughout his life, eventually becoming a bishop. All ten of the Delany children went to college, a high standard in the modern world and almost unheard of in the early 1900s, especially for blacks.
At the time of Delany's career, the family was relatively unknown outside their hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. In a book written by Gail…
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