▁Summer ▁Youth ▁Olympics ▁Category : As ian ▁Games ▁compet itors ▁for ▁Kaz akh stan <0x0A> </s> ▁George ▁Fre eman ▁B rag g ▁( J anu ary ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁– ▁March ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 4 0 ) ▁was ▁an ▁African - American ▁priest , ▁journalist , ▁social ▁activ ist ▁and ▁historian . ▁ ▁The ▁tw elf th ▁African ▁American ▁ord ained ▁as ▁a ▁priest ▁in ▁the ▁Epis cop al ▁Church ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁he ▁worked ▁against ▁ra cial ▁disc rim ination ▁and ▁for ▁inter ra cial ▁harm ony , ▁both ▁within ▁and ▁outside ▁of ▁his ▁church . ▁ ▁Early ▁and ▁family ▁life ▁B rag g ▁was ▁born ▁into ▁sla very ▁in ▁W arr ent on , ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁during ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War , ▁and ▁bapt ised ▁at ▁Em manuel ▁Epis cop al ▁Church . ▁As ▁the ▁war ▁ended , ▁his ▁car p enter ▁father ▁( also ▁George ▁Fre eman ▁B rag g ) ▁and ▁se am str ess ▁mother ▁( M ary ) ▁moved ▁their ▁family ▁to ▁Petersburg , ▁Virginia ▁to ▁live ▁with ▁his ▁grand m other ▁Caroline ▁W iley ▁C ain ▁B rag g , ▁a ▁dev out ▁Epis cop al ian ▁and ▁former ▁slave ▁of ▁an ▁Epis cop al ▁priest . ▁Even ▁before ▁the ▁war , ▁Petersburg ▁had ▁been ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁prosper ous ▁free ▁black ▁community , ▁and ▁the ▁city ' s ▁Epis cop al ▁churches ▁soon ▁established ▁Sunday