Prof. E. Johnson, of Raleigh, N. C., now a teacher in the law department of Shaw University, has written the only school history now in use in Colored schools, which makes any reference to what Colored people have done. I feel that Mr. Johnson did a grand work to get his book into the public schools of North Carolina, and I only wish such books could be in use in all Colored schools, for all over this country, Colored children are being taught out of books which make no reference whatever to what progress has been made by the race. It is very hard to stimulate race pride without race information. PROF. H. T. KEALING, B. S., A. M. [Illustration: PROF. H. T. KEALING, B. S., A. M.] The present editor of the _A. M. E. Church Review_, who takes Dr. Coppin's place, is indeed a unique character and has filled some important positions as an educator and writer. He was elected Assistant Principal of Prairie View State Normal School of Texas in 1883. While here he attracted much attention throughout the country by an impromptu speech before the National Educational Association in Topeka, Kan., which the _New England Journal of Education_ pronounced the brightest and wittiest piece of oratory in the whole session. He contributed in 1886 to _The Century Magazine_, of New York, for which he was well paid. He at one time was supervisor of the Colored schools in Austin, Tex. The position was created by the board for him. I know of no other such case. For four years he was President of Paul Quinn College at Waco, Tex. While there he added several new features to its curriculum. During his vacations he spent his time in the South and Northwest as a lecturer, and is now known as one of the best platform speakers in the country regardless of color. His lecture, "The American Jonah," is unique, witty, forcible, and a popular favorite. As an editor he has had some experience before and has been a regular contributor to _Inter-Ocean_, _N. E. Journal of Education_, _Texas School Journal_, _Galveston News_ and many other leading papers of the country. I am sure the _A. M. E. Review_ has fallen into good hands. Mr. Kealing was elected to his present position in May, 1896, at Wilmington, N. C. PAUL L. DUNBAR whose book of poems brought forth high praise from the Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Reilly. His book also attracted the attention of William Dean Howell who wrote a splendid review of it in _Harper's Magazine_, in which he said, "Mr. Dunbar's poems have given me a much higher estimate of the Negro." CHAPTER XXIV. CHURCHES. I shall not attempt to give a history of the various denominations with which the colored people are identified. I simply desire to set forth a few facts which indicate that they have, by vigorous efforts, made the same wonderful progress along church lines that they have along educational, industrial and professional lines. The colored people are represented in nearly every denomination known in the United States.