Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh hosts “A Calculated Leap: Black Episcopal Missions, Schools, and Bishops, 1865-1918” The program surveys the post-Civil War era when the Episcopal Church in North Carolina had no precedents to follow for ministry among the newly emancipated people. The Rev. Harold T. Lewis, nationally noted priest, historian and author, will set the wider church context. The origins and development of three black Episcopal churches that endure today will be traced by Wade Chestnut (St. Mark’s, Wilmington); the Rev. Jim Abbott (St. Matthias’s, Asheville); and the Rev. Brooks Graebner (St. Titus’s, Durham). Tours of historic institutions on the Saint Augustine’s campus and a reception at Saint Ambrose’s Church will complete the day. “Make it a Weekend” options are also available. HISTORY DAY 2015 is sponsored by the Bicentennial Committee of the three Episcopal dioceses in North Carolina, Saint Augustine’s University and Saint Ambrose’s Church in Raleigh. Program and registration details are available at  www.dionc.org  under “Events" or from Lynn Hoke, Project Archivist, at  history@episdionc.org  or   919-602-4305 .