Black Religious Leaders

Updated June 13, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

Notable African-American Religious Leaders

• Richard Allen, American clergyman
• Father Divine, American religious leader
• Louis Farrakhan, religious leader
• Henry Highland Garnet, American abolitionist clergyman
• Prince Hall, clergyman, abolitionist
• Barbara C. Harris, Anglican bishop
• Benjamin Hooks, American Black leader
• Jesse Jackson, political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist
• Martin Luther King Jr., American clergyman and civil rights leader
• Benjamin Franklin Muhammad, civil-rights and religious leader
• Elijah Muhammad, Black nationalist leader
• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American politician and clergyman
• Hiram R. Revels, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician
• Fred Shuttlesworth, U.S. clergyman and civil rights activist
• George Washington Williams, religious leader and historian
• Peter Williams, Jr., religious leader
• Peter Williams, Sr., religious leader
• Andrew Young, African American leader, clergyman, and public official