What denomination of minister was the man commemorated at the Lovejoy State Memorial?
Elijah Parish Lovejoy Elijah Parish Lovejoy (November 9, 1802 – November 7, 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor and abolitionist. He was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during their attack on Godfrey and Gillman's warehouse to destroy his press and abolitionist materials.
W. Henry Maxwell The Rev. Dr. Walter Henry Maxwell, Sr. (April 3, 1935 – November 13, 2010) was an African-American politician and Baptist minister from Newport News, Virginia. A Democrat, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1983–1993 and the Senate of Virginia 1993–2004.