A Detroit pastor led members of his congregation in prayer under the U.S. Capitol dome on the fifth anniversary of the deadly ...

The sound of 117-year-old organ pipes flows along downtown Charleston streets each Sunday, marking the heartbeat of Mother ...

Johnston has also walked across Northern Ireland, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Belfast Derry civil rights march, ...

Here are a few headlines from Saginaw County last week that attracted reader interest. Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas movie? This decorative Michigan yard makes a case. For some people, Christmas ...

A Unity March through downtown Saginaw will kick off the 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Birthday Celebration on ...

The Black faith community, civil rights and justice advocates and supporters and well-wishers from around the world are mourning the loss of Bishop Reginald Jackson, a respected prelate of the African ...

Bishop Reginald T. Jackson of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a revered clergyman and civil rights leader who opposed racial profiling, under-funding of urban schools and other injustices in ...

CLINTON, Iowa — After years of damage, delays and unfulfilled repair plans, Clinton’s historic Bethel church is set to be demolished — and a group of residents are now working to save what they can.

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

*The overflowing pride, spiritual joy, and sense of community were tangible at the oldest African American church in California, St. Andrews African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.). On Nov. 15-16. The ...

Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church near 6th and Lombard streets in South Philadelphia, still stands more than two centuries after the property was purchased in 1791. The street in which ...