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Once a meeting place for the enslaved, Galveston-area church serves as home of Juneteenth
Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is often referred to as the Mother Church of Texas, a place where the ...
Nation's oldest Black Protestant denomination holds Oklahoma City event
The oldest Black Protestant denomination in the U.S. held an investiture ceremony for its new bishops' council president in ...
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Former President Joe Biden attends Juneteenth celebration at historic church in Galveston
Former President Joe Biden attends the Juneteenth celebration at the historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston ...
Joe Biden to attend Juneteenth celebration at historic AME church in Texas
Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...
Ten Years Later—Remembering Charleston and Reclaiming Our Personal Security | Opinion
Evil struck Mother Emanuel in the quiet of prayer. The next 10 years must be about ensuring that in every house of worship, ...
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Remembering Mother Emanuel, 10 years after racist attack on famed Charleston church
Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white ...
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10 years after the deadly church shooting, a new history of 'Mother Emanuel'
Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.
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Commentary: 10 years after Emanuel tragedy, let's move beyond remembrance to action
Malcolm Graham, whose older sister Cynthia Graham Hurd was among the Emanuel AME massacre victims, writes about the way forward for Charleston and our nation ...