Somewhere around 1790, Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others were very active in evangelism, helping to grow the Black membership within the church. It angered the vestry due to racism.

Before Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and became North America’s first Christian bishop of African descent and the namesake of Columbia’s Allen University, he ...

Before Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and became North America’s first Christian bishop of African descent and the namesake of Columbia’s Allen University, he ...

Kevin Sack's “Mother Emanuel" is a deep dive into AME history and a valuable contribution to discourse about the the church, ...

Balaam Allen, born enslaved, became one of the founders of Melbourne. On this Juneteenth, he'll be honored in Brevard County.

Think you know Black American history? Look beyond the South. In the heart of Northern cities, hidden stories of struggle, ...

Plenty of Juneteenth events have already been celebrated in Philadelphia and the region, but there are many more coming up.

Ms. Merine Evans – Mitchell, 74, of Rosston, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at Christus St. Michael Healthcare System in ...

Despite Bethel AME’s long history as a community pillar, the historic church building has sat empty and unused for nearly 30 ...

But Thorn, 79, one of some 4,500 clergy and staffers who lost funds in a retirement plan of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, continues to await the fulfillment of a pledge made by the ...

Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Galveston, Texas. That's according to a person with knowledge of them but ...

A crowd gathered to pray outside the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 19, 2015, two days after nine Black congregants were killed in a racially motivated mass shooting there.