Richard Allen

By Steve Klots, Nathan Irvin Huggins

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Children: Grades 4-6, African Americans, Methodist Church (U.S.), 1760-1831, Afro-Americans, African Methodist Episcopal Ch, United States, Clergy, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Allen, Richard,, Bishops, Methodist Church

Description: Summary, Describes the life of the Afro-American leader who rose from slavery to become a minister, founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and participated in the first National Negro Convention.