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Chapters: John Legend. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 145. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Stephens (born December 28, 1978), better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American recording artist, musician and actor. He is the recipient of six Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Prior to the release of his debut album, Legend's career gained momentum through a series of successful collaborations with multiple established artists. Legend added his voice to those of other artists, assisting in them reaching chart-topper hits. He lent his voice to that of Kanye West, on Slum Village's "Selfish", and Dilated Peoples' "This Way". Other artists included Jay-Z's "Encore", and sang backing vocals on Alicia Keys' 2003 song "You Don't Know My Name" and Fort Minor's "High Road." Legend played piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything". Legend was born John Stephens on December 28, 1978, in Springfield, Ohio. He is the son of Phyllis, a seamstress, and Ronald, a factory worker and former National Guardsman. Throughout his childhood, Legend was homeschooled on and off by his mother. At the age of four, he began playing the piano and at the age of seven, he rendered music with his church choir. When he was ten, his parents divorced, causing his mother to suffer a breakdown. At the age of 12, Legend attended North High School, from which he graduated four years later. He graduated salutatorian. According to Legend, he was offered scholarships to Harvard University, Georgetown University and Morehouse College. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied English with an emphasis on African American literature. While in college, he helmed Counterparts, a co-ed jazz and pop a cappella group as pr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1575279 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Primitive Methodism, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, World Methodist Council, Free Methodist Church in Canada, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Protestant Church, Primitive Methodist Church, Independent Methodist Connexion, Congregational Methodist Church, Free Wesleyan Church, United Evangelical Church, First Congregational Methodist Church, United Methodist Free Churches, Methodist Reform Church. Excerpt:The African Methodist Episcopal Church , usually called the AME Church , is a Methodist denomination founded by the Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , in 1816 from several black Methodist congregations in the mid-Atlantic area that wanted independence from white Methodists. Allen was elected its first bishop in 1816. Church name Motto "God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, Holy Spirit Our Comforter, Humankind Our Family" Derived from Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne 's original motto "God our Father, Christ our Redemeer, Man our Brother", which served as the AME Church motto until the 2008 General Conference, when the current motto was officially adopted. History Richard Allen The African Methodist Episcopal Church has a unique history in that it is the first major religious denomination in the western world that originated because of sociological rather than theological differences. It was the first African-American denomination organized and incorporated in the US. The AME denomination collaborated with the Methodist Episcopal Church in sponsoring the first independent historical black college, Wilberforce University . The church was born in protest against slavery and discrimination against black people. This fit well with the Methodist church's philosophy since its... ... Read more

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Beautiful yearbook-style book with a brief history of the church, and many full-color pictures of the members and ministries of this large, historic African-American congregation. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Jet, published by Thomson Gale on November 7, 2005. The length of the article is 443 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Noted A.M.E. church leader Dr. Henderson S. Davis mourned.(RELIGION)(served for 71 years in African Methodist Episcopal Church)(Obituary)
Publication: Jet (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 7, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 108Issue: 19Page: 52(1)

Article Type: Obituary

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2758 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador). In both regions, the history of civilization goes back thousands of years. ... Read more