Irvine Garland Penn

Irvine Garland Penn (October 7, 1867 – July 22, 1930) was an American educator, journalist, and lay leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was the author of ''The Afro-American Press and Its Editors'', published in 1891, and a coauthor with Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, and Ferdinand Lee Barnett of ''The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbia Exposition'' in 1893. In the late 1890s, he became an officer in the Methodist Episcopal Church and played an important role advocating for the interests of African Americans in the church until his death. Provided by Wikipedia