Richard Allen
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Minister, educator, writer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard Allen was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church , the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia.