Religious Organizations – Methodist Episcopal
Isaac Lane (1834-1937)
Isaac Lane was born March 4, 1834, in Madison County, five miles from the city of Jackson, Tennessee. His mother,...
Irving Garland Penn (1867-1930)
Irving Garland Penn was a journalist, educator, and key figure at Methodist Episcopal Church. Penn was born on October 7,...
Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901)
Hiram Rhodes Revels was a Republican U.S. Senator, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and the first African...
Five Points District, New York City, New York (1830s-1860s)
Originally the site of New York City’s first free black settlement, by 1850 the Five Points district in lower Manhattan...
