Religious Organization-African Methodist Episcopal Zion
John Bowman Banks (1862-1911)
Dr. John Bowman (“J.B.”) Banks was the first Black physician to practice medicine in Natchez, Mississippi. He recruited Dr. Albert...
The Anti-Abolition Riots (1834)
In October, 1834 riots broke out in New York City spurred by a confluence of events: the fiery oratory of...
African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church (1821- )
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is an historically African American Protestant denomination based in New York City, New York. Also known as...
Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio (1824 – )
Early 19th Century African American Methodists in Cincinnati, Ohio initially worshipped at the local Methodist Episcopal churches, but were treated...
Columbus Avenue African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Boston, Massachusetts (1838- )
The Columbus Avenue African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church in Boston, Massachusetts is most famous as the site of the...
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1847- )
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is the oldest African American church in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Like Wheat Street,...
James Varick (1750-1827)
James Varick was the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Varick was born to a...
