Born March 3rd, 1819, in New York City, Alexander Crummell struggled against racism all his life. As a young man of color, hewas driven out of an academy in New Hampshire, dismissed as a candidate for Holy Orders in New York, and rejected for admittance to General Seminary. Ordained in 1844 as a priest in the Diocese of Massachusetts, he left for England after being excluded from participating in diocesan convention.

After receiving a degree fr…