Black Charlestonians played crucial role in history of AME churches in the South

The sound of 117-year-old organ pipes flows along downtown Charleston streets each Sunday, marking the heartbeat of Mother ...
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Founded by Shasta's Black community, Redding's oldest church building gets facelift

Redding's oldest church building is getting a facelift from congregants and volunteers, many of whom are people recovering from addiction and homelessness. They're restoring the 130-year-old African ...
The Times Leader

Two historic Philadelphia churches offer lessons for an America divided today and in its infancy

Sunlight shines through the colorful stained-glass windows at Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel AME on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Mother Bethel AME First Lady Leslie Tyler, front pew, worships with ...
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Freedom's prophet : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers / Richard S. Newman

Introduction: A Black founder's many worlds -- "For Zion's sake ... I will not rest" -- Gospel labors -- The year of the fever, part 1 : a (deceptively) simple narrative of the Black people -- The ...
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Two historic Philadelphia churches offer lessons for an America divided today and in its infancy

Choir members sing hymns at Christ Church in Philadelphia at a service on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — George Washington. Benjamin Franklin. Betsy Ross. The ...