Monument in Flushing Honors Late Civil Rights Activist Reverdy Ransom
FLUSHING — A monument to honor the late Bishop Reverdy Cassius Ransom, a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a dedicated civil rights activist, still stands near his birthplace in Flushing. The monument that recognizes Ransom and his many accomplishments was unveiled by Ransom himself in August 1950 in Schuler Park. Ransom was born Jan. 4, 1861, in Flushing to Harriet (Johnson) and George Ransom, according to the AME Church Social Action Commission. At the age of 8, he and his family moved to Cambridge, where he attended public school. At that time, schools in ...
