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PBS and WETA’s new documentary series “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song” traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America and how it’s shaped Black leadership.
On a special episode of The Excerpt podcast: This Black History Month we wanted to celebrate the role of Black churches in advancing a more just and progressive society.
The Black church has played a vital role in the shaping of American political history. African American churches provided spaces for not only spiritual formation but also political activism.
COLUMBIA - In light of Black History Month, Second Baptist Church is using a documentary screening to launch an educational initiative for the community to explore the role African Christianity ...
OPINION Patrice Onwuka: Black History Month – here's how churches, civil society uplift the community Since nation’s founding, Black people have organized to meet needs of their fellow citizens ...
Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia presented “For Colored Girls in Black History on February 25, 2024, and it was a sight to behold.
S ix months after a stolen car crashed into St. John African Methodist Church for the second time in just half a year, the historic Black congregation in Newark, Delaware, is rebuilding and uncovering ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Churches play a vital role in Black history, but they're more than just places of worship. They offer hope, opportunity and a sense of community that too often Black ...
As the Trump Administration works to undercut diversity, equity and inclusion programs nationwide, Macedonia Missionary ...
At the end of October, NPR reposted a story that featured an interview with Sharon Riley, the pastor of Orlando, Florida's Agape Perfecting Praise and Worship Center. In response to Florida ...
It made history again this year: Thanks to a lawsuit, Metropolitan AME now controls the trademark to the Proud Boys, the far-right group that once vandalized the church’s property in Washington..
Mary Church Terrell was a reserved, yet outspoken activist who laid the foundation for the civil rights movement. Born in 1863 , the year of the Emancipation Proclamation, she lived a bifurcated ...