by Don Barker | Jun 1, 2021 | A.M.E. Church, Black History, Women
First Black Churches and Congregations in the Choptank River Heritage Area, re-discovered through the journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee. Jarena Lee (1783-1849) was the first female preacher of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. She left her Philadelphia...
by Don Barker | Feb 21, 2021 | A.M.E. Church, Black History, Churches, Civil Rights & Racial Justice, Women
Meet Six Strong Black Women who were “First Ever” [ A Caroline Digital History Project collaboration with the Black Eastern Shore Project. Text, image, and sources from Black Women’s History on the Eastern Shore are republished here with...
