Religious Organization – African Methodist Episcopal
Miles Vandarhurst Lynk (1871-1956)
Physician and educator Miles Vandarhurst Lynk was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, on June 3, 1871 to parents who were former...
William Paul Quinn (1788-1873)
Bishop William Paul Quinn was the fourth Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He was instrumental in establishing...
Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church (1890- )
The Trinity African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is the oldest continuously operating black church in Utah. Trinity AME was organized...
National Afro American League (1887–1893)
The first Afro-American League (AAL) was established in 1887 before changing its name, two years later, to the National Afro-American...
Afro-American Council (1898-1907)
The Afro-American Council (AAC) was established in Rochester, New York, in September 1898 by newspaper editor T. Thomas Fortune and...
Kansas State Colored Convention (1863)
The first Kansas State Colored Convention was a call from black Kansans to be granted a future of “Liberty, Justice...
The Conventions of Colored Citizens of the State of California (1855-1865)
The four California Colored Conventions held between 1855 and 1865 were a response to blacks being treated as second-class citizens...
Bruce Harrell (1958- )
Bruce Allen Harrell, was elected Mayor of Seattle, Washington on November 2, 2021 and was sworn in as the 57th...
John Henry Murphy Sr. (1840-1922)
Born on December 25, 1840, in Baltimore, Maryland, John Henry Murphy grew up as a slave and freed by the...
