People/Characters Richard Allen
Works (13)
- The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic by Peter Linebaugh
- Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
- Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age by Marcus Rediker
- The Music of Black Americans: A History by Eileen Southern
- The Hidden Price of Greatness by Ray Beeson
- Religion in American Life: A Short History by Jon Butler
- Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America by Douglas R. Egerton
- Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction by Richard S. Newman
- Slavery and Freedom in the Age of the American Revolution by Ira Berlin
- Famous American Negroes by Langston Hughes
- American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures by Joanna Brooks
- Journey with J.W.: John Wesley's Ride Through Methodist History by Daphna Flegal
- Shimmering Spokes: One Australian's 16,000 Km Odyssey by Richard Allen
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| Description | 1. Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia. Elected the first bishop of the AME Church in 1816, Allen focused on organizing a denomination in which free black people could worship without racial oppression and enslaved people could find a measure of dignity. He worked to upgrade the social status of the black community, organizing Sabbath schools to teach literacy and promoting national organizations to develop political strategies. Wikipedia 2. Richard Allen is an Australian who carried out a seven-month, 16,000 kilometre bicycle journey around the perimeter of Australia to raise awareness and funds to support cancer research, following the loss of his mother to cancer. |