A.M.E. BISHOP HENRY M. TURNER, PEERLESS AND FEARLESS

Bishop Henry M. Turner is a towering figure in African Methodism and in black history. Angell's biography of him is a must-read. He spread the AME church into Africa; preached that "God is a Negro," founded a number of church publications; doubled the size of the entire AME denomination in the country by proselytizing to the South's freedmen; wrote a number of books, including AME Polity; and encouraged the development of literary societies and learning in all churches and districts. Peerless and fearless he was! '#RootDisruptor: Henry McNeal Turner Henry McNeal Turner was a minister, politician, and the first Southern bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Born free in South Carolina, he moved to Georgia after the American Civil War, where he pioneered in organizing new congregations for the independent Black denomination. Angered by the Democrats’ regaining power and instituting Jim Crow laws in the late 19th-century South, Turner began to support Black nationalism and the emigration of Blacks to Africa. He was the chief figure in the late 19th century to promote the movement, which expanded after World War I.' TheRoot.com ‪#‎RootDisruptor‬: Henry McNeal Turner Henry McNeal Turner was a minister, politician, and the first Southern bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Born free in South Carolina, he moved to Georgia after the American Civil War, where he pioneered in organizing new congregations for the independent Black denomination. Angered by the Democrats’ regaining power and instituting Jim Crow laws in the late 19th-century South, Turner began to support Black nationalism and the emigration of Blacks to Africa. He was the chief figure in the late 19th century to promote the movement, which expanded after World War I.