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Ground had been broken in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. Thursday's Juneteenth ...
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 806 13th Street Altoona, will host Blair County’s Juneteenth Jubilee at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21 ...
We hear the words “sanctuary city” so much that it barely registers that the first word goes back to churches — and, in ...
An exterior view of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, the church is the oldest African Methodist ...
It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History ...
A National Train Day celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum, 406 Park Ave. For more ...
The historic African American burial ground is the final resting place of tennis champion and humanitarian Arthur Ashe Jr. and his mother, Mattie C. Ashe; trailblazing Baptist minister John Jasper ...
Shiloh was city’s first Black Baptist congregation. Its existence has been intertwined with Black life in Cleveland.
Details: Join OMAM for a one-hour experience that includes select pieces from OMAM’s Malcolm Fraser Permanent Collection, the ...
Ten years ago this month, Pastor Clementa Pinckney and eight church members of Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., were murdered in a racist act by someone who ...
Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the Benedictus. In keeping with his distinctiveness, the birth of Jesus is featured ...
The state of Kentucky introduced an African American Heritage Trail today, offering visitors nearly 50 primary sites and several additional locations that bring centuries of Black history to life.