"Early Black Bishops in America" by Bishop Andy C. Lewter is a comprehensive historical and biographical examination of the pioneering African American bishops who established and led Black denominational institutions in nineteenth and early twentieth-century America despite the brutal constraints of slavery, racism, and white supremacy. Drawing on decades of archival research and his own experience as a bishop since 1993, Davis chronicles the lives and ministries of foundational figures including Richard Allen, James Varick, William Henry Miles, James Augustine Healy, Elias Camp Morris, Charles Harrison Mason, Charles Price Jones, William J. Seymour, and William E. Fuller Sr., exploring how these leaders navigated impossible circumstances to build enduring religious institutions that became pillars of Black community life, spiritual authority, and resistance. The work combines rigorous historical scholarship with personal reflection, offering both an academic contribution to African American religious history and a tribute to the sacred legacy upon which contemporary Black episcopal ministry stands.