Question

-Speech made by a young African-American who was first in his class of his New York City free school, 1819-

Answer 1

Alexander Crummell, (born 1819, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. ... founder of the American

Step-by-step explanation:

Alexander Crummell, an Episcopalian priest, missionary, scholar and teacher, was born in New York City in 1819 to free black parents. He spent much of his life addressing the conditions of African Americans, urging an educated black elite to aspire to the highest intellectual attainments as a refutation of the theory of black inferiority.