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The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation will present its inaugural Wade and Mary Lu Mitchell African American Heritage ...
As she was dropped off outside the small and unpretentious 111-year-old church, artist Alana Guzzman stopped to ask, “Is ...
Community members and elected officials gathered at Fenton’s First Presbyterian Church Thursday for a teach-in celebrating ...
Crusading journalist and an­ti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born in Holly Springs, Miss. Wells-Bar­nett was a ...
Thursday marks a decade since the Confederate flag that flew over the grounds of the South Carolina State House was permanently lowered. The decision came following a racially-motivated mass shooting ...
Though it was “pro forma” and a bit corny, it was also somehow comforting, a sign that the country’s leaders knew that ...
Vernon AME Church is hosting a rally and candlelight vigil Thursday evening on Greenwood Avenue, bringing together city leaders and community members to call for peace and honor victims of recent ...
Founded 176 years ago, Shiloh was city’s first Black Baptist congregation. Its existence has been intertwined with Black life in Cleveland.
The outside of Mother Emanuel AME church church in Charleston, S.C. is seen on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 before a service to honor and remember nine church members on the 10th anniversary of the ...
A lone gunman launched an attack on one of the oldest churches in the south, Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston, during a Bible study on the night of June 17, 2015.
10 years after Emanuel AME Church shooting, a racially motivated massacre on Calhoun Street, reverends preached messages of forgiveness, healing and hope.
The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East Lynne Theater Company.