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Rev. John H. Fisher (deceased) – Founder / Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Rev. John T. Harper – Editor-in-Chief

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  1. Ethel H. Russaw says:
    May 20, 2010 at 11:11 am

    Francis Asbury died March 31, 1816 and therefore could not have consecrated Richard Allen the first Bishop of the AME Church in April 1816.
    Peace,
    Ethel H. Russaw

  2. The Rev. Mark Johnson, MDiv. says:
    September 12, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    Richard Allen was ordained by Bishop Francis Asbury (1799), then in 1816 he was consecrated (elected) to the office of Bishop in the AME Church. Please get your facts correct… also, he was the first negro to be ordained in the Methodist Church, a church with a history of oppression and discriminating against negroes. So, he does have Apostolic succession.

  3. Nicholas Nwychnamere says:
    December 7, 2010 at 4:59 am

    Minister Harper

    Two questions: How can Lay members use this site (policy(s); and 2. Will, or is, the Church Discipline be published online??

    I DO NOT find links to any of the above questions. This could be an excellent online reference and communications source for me, and I hope, others. I just happened to find it while Searching. I know the 5th District has a LOT more news it may want to share with its members and others. Can I help??

    God Bless the Wprls pf our Hands!!

  4. harper says:
    February 23, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    If you have an electronic version of the discipline, and you are not violating copyright laws, I will be more than happy to upload it.

  5. Bill Dickens says:
    March 28, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    Is the AME Today website back online? It’s been a long, long hiatus. QED

  6. Joel Freeman says:
    April 6, 2011 at 9:39 am

    Freeman Institute Black History Collection Showcased at the United Nations

    Twenty original documents and artifacts about the Transatlantic
    Slave Trade exhibited (free) at the United Nations until 30 April.

    April 6, 2011 New York: The fourth annual commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is being observed at United Nations Headquarters under the theme “The Transatlantic Slave Trade: The Living Legacy of 30 Million Untold Stories”.

    This year’s theme resonates with the continuing and new scholarship that reinterprets the history and the legacy of the Africans who were enslaved during the transatlantic trade and their contribution to building the societies in which they lived.

    Twenty documents and artifacts from the Freeman Institute Black History Collection are being showcased in this important exhibit at the Visitor’s Center, United Nations in NYC (until 30 April).

    One of the items is a 50 pound slave ball found off the coast of Florida at the site of the oldest documented slave ship wreck, the Henrietta Marie. The ship sank during the summer of 1700.

    Another item is a genuine metal neck piece, designed to be welded permanently around the neck of a young female slave. It has metal balls and rings incorporated into the piece so that her movements can be detected at all times.

    Lord Aberdeen was the British Chief Consul in Trieste, Italy. Another exhibited piece is the 1833 document hand written by him, announcing what would happen to any British subject who was still involved in the Slave Trade. Aberdeen later bcame the Prime Minister of Great Britian.

    Many other items are exhibited, including: engravings of slave ships, a document about a Chinese slave in Cuba written in Chinese on one side and Spanish on the other, a 14-page hand written Peruvian register (1811) from San Bartolome’ Hospital listing the African slaves and a rare plaque (Eastgate Pottery) commemorating William Wilberforce and his anti-slavery campaign. View more items here: http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryremembranceday/gallery.shtml

    The Freeman Institute Black History has well over 3,000 original pieces (oldest dated 1553). The collection is to be utilized by The Freeman Institute Foundation to help establish Black History Galleries across America and in selected communities internationally — designed to educate and inspire young people of all ages.

    # # #

    For more information or interview requests, contact:

    Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D
    Box 305
    Gambrills, MD 21054
    tel: 410-729-4011
    email: freemani@comcast.net
    websites:
    http://www.freemaninstitute.com/gallery.htm (photos of exhibit near bottom of page)
    http://www.BlackHistoryCollection.com
    http://www.TFIfoundation.org

  7. harper says:
    December 18, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    It never left. People have tried to spam it to death, but it is here.

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