Black People in the Methodist Church

William B. McClain has written a fascinating and insightful account of one segment of Methodism's complex history. The early circuit riders, abolitionists, John Wesley himself, Harry Hoosier, John Stewart, and Harry Evans - all are here. Dr. McClain gives a unique account of the struggles within United Methodism, the disastrous "uniting" conference of 1939, and the setbacks that forced a segregated faction to rise from its ashes