The Sage of Tawawa: Reverdy Cassius Ransom, 1861-1959
- ISBN-10
- 0873387481
- ISBN-13
- 9780873387484
- Category
- African American churches
- Pages
- 325
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Author
- Annetta Louise Gomez-Jefferson
Description
Looks at the life of Reverdy Cassius Ransom, a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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