Eugene S. Callender (January 21, 1926 – November 2, 2013[1]) was an American pastor and activist in the civil rights movement.
Eugene St. Clair Callender was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to parents who were immigrants from Barbados.
[2] He studied at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and Boston University, before becoming the first African American to study at Westminster Theological Seminary.
He was the first black ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA).
[2] In 1970, Callender hosted (with Joan Harris, at its launch) the hour-long WNBC‐TV (Channel 4) series Positively Black, which aired weekly,[5] featuring Black artists, writers, actors, musicians, sports figures and activists, as well as news about life and culture in the community.