BLACK STARS

Meet the black religious leaders who helpedshape the African American experience—from colonial to modern times

• Absalom Jones

• Richard Allen

• Jarena Lee

• Lemuel Haynes

• Peter Williams Sr.

• Peter Williams Jr.

• John Marrant

• Denmark Vesey

• Sojourner Truth

• Nat Turner

• Maria Stewart

• John Jasper

• Alexander Crummell

• Henry Highland Garnett

• Henry McNeal Turner

• Richard Henry Boyd

• Bishop C. M. "Sweet Daddy" Grace

• Vernon Johns

• Elijah Muhammad

• Howard Thurman

• Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

• Joseph E. Lowery

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Andrew J. Young

• James L. Bevel

• John Lewis

• Prathia Hall Wynn

• Jesse L. Jackson

• Vashti Murphy McKenzie

• Fredrick J. Streets

• Al Sharpton

• Renita J. Weems

• T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes illustration © John C. Ward

Vashti McKenzie image © John Chiasson

Portrait of Absalom Jones by Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825),courtesy Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Absalom Jones School, 1971