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Many don't know the abolitionist and AME Church founder honored in this new Delaware mural

Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans. Some of his most notable achievements are illustrated in a new mural unveiled March ...
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Freedom's prophet : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers / Richard S. Newman

Introduction: A Black founder's many worlds -- "For Zion's sake ... I will not rest" -- Gospel labors -- The year of the fever, part 1 : a (deceptively) simple narrative of the Black people -- The ...

Thanks to a million-dollar grant, Mother Bethel AME may soon have air-conditioning in its sanctuary and other much-needed repairs

Within the Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church’s 162-year-old brick walls is a venerable American history collection. It includes A.M.E. church founder Richard Allen’s Bible, the pulpit ...