Bishop Archibald J. Carey Sr.

CTL-E-1380 · Person · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

AME bishop; pastor of Quinn Chapel AME from 1898; father of Archibald Carey Jr.; an early example of Black Chicago clergy holding municipal appointments through Republican machine ties.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from SCI-004; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-SCI-004:archibald-carey-sr, CTL-DR-SCI-004:archibald-carey-jr; source research type(s): leader. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

The TRiiBE, 'The rise of Black political power in early Chicago' (quoting Chicago History Museum senior VP John Russick)
Dennis C. Dickerson, African American Preachers and Politics: The Careys of Chicago (book description/summary)
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University (Carey, Archibald J., Jr. biography page)

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