Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church that played an ...

Inside the sanctuary on a recent afternoon, Lamar pointed to pieces of church history: the names inscribed in marble, the places marked in stained glass. Lamar is working on a book about Black ...

“The inside is a total loss ... It is “way too early” to know anything more, Sweat said. A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King ...

“The Black church has never just been about what’s ... to enjoy a certain amount of anonymity,” she said of people inside and outside of the church. “Trans folks tend to be very noticeable ...

Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church that played ... intentionally set a fire inside the church in the early hours of April ...

Three blocks from the red-brick church, the city recently demolished its Black Lives Matter Plaza. In contrast, a bold Black Lives Matter sign still stands outside Metropolitan, which is sandwiched ...