| Summary: | Minister and politician Reverend Dr. Floyd H. Flake was born on January 30, 1945. He grew up in segregated Houston, Texas, as one of thirteen children. After high school, Flake attended Wilberforce University, obtaining his B.A.degree in 1967. After graduation, Flake served as a social worker and then as a marketing analyst with Xerox Corporation. In 1976, he became head of the Allen A.M.E. Church in Queens, New York. Under Flake's leadership, the church's membership grew into one of the largest churches in the United States that included a private school, senior center, and hundreds of housing units for its members and other community residents. Flake was elected and served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1986 to 1997, where he gained a reputation for bipartisanship. He also led several initiatives to revitalize urban commercial and residential communities. Flake left the U.S.Congress during his sixth term to return as a full-time pastor of Allen A.M.E. Church.
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