WHO:

U.S. Postal Service’s Greater Indiana District Manager Larry Diegel, Indianapolis Postmaster Gary Soultz, Indianapolis Deputy Mayor Jeff Bennett and members of the Central Indiana Ministerial Alliance (CIMA) of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church including Dr. Michael C. Carson, president, CIMA,  Rev. Dr. Charlesfontaine Macon, vice president, CIMA, Presiding Elder Samuel L. Sumner, Indiana South District, Presiding Elder Dr. E. Anne Henning Byfield, Indiana North District, and solo performance by Evangelist Catherine L. Carson, Coppin Chapel AME Church.  

WHEN:

Thursday, February 4, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m

WHERE:

EMadame Walker Theatre Center, 617 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

(Large parking lot to the left of the front of the theatre)

WHO:

Beverly Brennan
Director of Speech and Theatre,
Harris Stowe University
Cathy Vaughn
Postmaster, City of St. Louis
U.S. Postal Service

BACKGROUND:

As part of Black History Month 2016, the U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the life and legacy of 39th Black Heritage Stamp honoree Richard Allen.

Activist, preacher and civic leader Richard Allen (1760-1831) was born into slavery, but purchased his freedom while in his twenties. This year’s Black Heritage Stamp coincides with the 200th anniversary of Allen's founding of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Philadelphia, and his election and consecration as its first bishop.