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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > African American education > religious institutions and schooling > Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > African American education > religious institutions and schooling > Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

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Christian Methodist Episcopal Church  

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  • African American members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South (which later became the United Methodist Church), a predominantly White denomination, established the Colored Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church in 1870. It would become the third-largest organization of Methodists of African descent, after the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Education; Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church]

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