thereafter required to provide equal opportunities to all children regardless of race. A forceful and compelling speaker, Arnett was influential in Republican politics, thanks, in part, to his friendship with fellow legislator (and later president), William McKinley. Death and legacy Arnett died at Wilberforce University on October 7, 1906. Bishop Arnett's influence is felt in the Pentecostal community. His great-grandson, Right Reverend Benjamin Terwood Douglass of Cleveland, Ohio, is the Seventh Bishop elevated in the Pentecostal Churches of Christ. Bishop Douglass serves as Secretary-General of that Reformation which has its roots in Methodism. References External links 1838 births 1906 deaths African-American academics African-American state legislators in Ohio African Methodist Episcopal Church clergy Educators from Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives People from Fayette County, Pennsylvania Politicians from Columbus, Ohio Academics from Ohio 19th-century American clergy