Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.

Radnor Township is hosting a wreath-laying ceremony Friday, Feb. 14, for AME Church founder Bishop Richard Allen, reports The Keystone. The ceremony, at Bishop Richard Allen Park, 227 Brook Street ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - February is not only Black History Month, it’s also a time when African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Churches worldwide celebrate its founding father Richard Allen.

(WTVO) — A Rockford church celebrated its founding father, Richard Allen ... celebration recognizes not only Allen but the birth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

When Richard ... of a church, and in May, 1794, he bought an old blacksmith shop and had it moved to within a few blocks of St. Thomas's. There he founded an African Methodist Episcopal (AME ...

REVEREND PATRICK CLAIBORNE IS THE SENIOR PASTOR OF BETHEL AME CHURCH, A PLACE THAT’S ORIGINS TRACE WAY BACK TO 1785 WITH A YOUNG BLACK PREACHER NAMED RICHARD ALLEN, THE FOUNDER OF THE AME CHURCH.