A.M.E. Church Review

The A.M.E. Church Review is the journal of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Established in 1841 and revived in 1884, it is arguably the earliest published African-American journal. It publishes articles on religion, politics, history, and world events.[1]

A.M.E. Church Review
October 1909 issue
FrequencyQuarterly
FormatPrint
CountryUnited States
Based inNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.amehistoryinthemaking.com/the-a-m-e-review/
ISSN0360-3725
OCLC1856226

History

Originally named The A.M.E. Church Magazine, it was first published in September 1841 by the church's general book steward, Rev. George Hogarth of Brooklyn, New York. It was intended to be a monthly publication, but appeared only sporadically and was discontinued after eight years due to lack of funds.[2]

At the 1884 General Conference, the name of the organization's publication was changed to A.M.E. Church Review and Rev. Benjamin Tucker Tanner was elected editor.[3] He was succeeded by Levi Jenkins Coppin in 1888; Hightower Theodore Kealing in 1896; and Reverdy C. Ransom in 1912.[4]

Early contributors to the journal included abolitionist Frederick Douglass, journalist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, editor T. Thomas Fortune, Judge David Augustus Straker, educator William Sanders Scarborough, Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce, author Theophilus Gould Steward, attorney T. McCants Stewart, and bishops Daniel Alexander Payne, Henry McNeal Turner, and Jabez Pitt Campbell.[5]

See also

References
  1. "The A.M.E. Church Review". The Ohio Historical Society.
  2. Payne, Daniel Alexander (1891). History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. A.M.E. Church. pp. 141, 147–153.
  3. "The A.M.E. Church Review: Continuing A Tradition of Religious and Scholarly Excellence Since 1884". African Methodist Episcopal Church Historiographer.
  4. Hawkins, John Russell, ed. (1916). Centennial Encyclopedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Volume 1. A.M.E. Church. p. 355.
  5. Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., eds. (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 234. ISBN 9780195170559.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)


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