During most of the twentieth century; Archibald J. Carey; Sr. (1868-1931) and Archibald J. Carey; Jr. (1908-1981); father and son; exemplified a blend of ministry and politics that many African American religious leaders pursued. Their sacred and secular concerns merged in efforts to improve the spiritual and material well-being of their congregations. But as political alliances became necessary; both wrestled with moral consequences and varied outcomes. Both were ministers to Chicago's largest African Methodist Episcopal Church congregations- the senior Carey as a bishop; and the junior Carey as a pastor and an attorney.Bishop Carey associated himself mainly with Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson; a Republican; whom he presented to black voters as an ally. When the mayor appointed Carey to the city's civil service commission; Carey helped in the hiring and promotion of local blacks. But alleged impropriety for selling jobs marred the bishop's tenure. The junior Carey; also a Republican and an alderman; became head of the panel on anti-discrimination in employment for the Eisenhower administration. He aided innumerable black federal employees. Although an influential benefactor of CORE and SCLC; Carey associated with notorious FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and compromised support for Martin Luther King; Jr. Both Careys believed politics offered clergy the best opportunities to empower the black population. Their imperfect alliances and mixed results; however; proved the complexity of combining the realms of spirituality and politics.
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