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Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1847- )

by Schott-BreslerKayla | Mar 5, 2014 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is the oldest African American church in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Like Wheat Street, First Congregational, and Dr. Martin Luther King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, Bethel A.M.E. has been a religious, social,...

James Varick (1750-1827)

by GallaherRachel | Jun 30, 2008 | African American History, People

James Varick was the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Varick was born to a slave mother near Newburgh, New York. His father was Richard Varick, a free black man who was originally from Hackensack, New Jersey. Varick grew up with...

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1847- )

James Varick (1750-1827)

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