Building upon his previous work, including the standout biography of Whitney Young, Rev. Dr. Dennis Dickerson has produced a magnum opus. This exhaustive survey of the African Methodist Episcopal Church is deeply researched, meticulously chronicled, and essential to understanding a foundational Black institution that is as old as the Constitution itself. The A.M.E. Church has been an inestimable fount of guidance, inspiration and leadership. With The African Methodist Episcopal Church: A History, we have a volume wholly worthy of its subject.
William Jelani Cobb, Ph.D.
Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism
Columbia University
Staff Writer at The New Yorker
The African Methodist Episcopal Church can rightly claim to be the most “Wesleyan” of the branches of Methodism founded in North America, in that it never wavered concerning Wesley’s condemnation of slavery and affirmation of the full humanity of the peoples of Africa. Dennis Dickerson has devoted his career to exploring how this central branch of the Methodist family embraced and extended the liberationist trajectory of its Wesleyan roots. This volume distills his lifetime of study, drawing on an unparalleled range of resources. Highly recommended!
Randy L. Maddox, Ph.D.
William Kellon Quick Emeritus Professor of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies
Duke Divinity School
Dennis C. Dickerson 