In 2023 Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church won a lawsuit against the Proud Boys where a judge awarded the church $2.8 million in damages. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File) ...

A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls their trademark A judge awarded the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church $2.8 million in damages in 2023 ...

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., made history this year: Thanks to a lawsuit, the church controls the trademark to the far-right group known as the Proud Boys.

The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church choir sings during service in Washington on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit: AP/Jessie Wardarski The church can seize money the Proud Boys make ...

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., made history this year: Thanks to a lawsuit, the church controls the trademark to the far-right group known as the Proud Boys.

FILE – A protester carries a Proud Boys banner while other members start to unfurl a large U.S. flag in front of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Sept. 7, 2020. In 2023 Metropolitan African ...

Jessie Wardarski. Rev. William Lamar IV, pastor at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, leads service in Washington on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and welcomed American presidents. It made history again this year ...

Rev. William Lamar IV, pastor at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, leads service in Washington on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) ...

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and welcomed American presidents. It made history again this year ...

In 2023 Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church won a lawsuit against the Proud Boys where a judge awarded the church $2.8 million in damages. Andrew Selsky/AP ...