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Five years after George Floyd’s murder, church leaders say race relations face retrenchment
We are honest about the conditions that we're facing, but we are not hopeless about what we're facing,' said Bishop W. Darin ...
Critics question why exhibits at the African American History Museum are rotating out
President Donald Trump issued an order to take down exhibits that "divide Americans based on race," but the White House says ...
Historic Staten Island church celebrates 119 years: ‘We are standing on the shoulders of giants’ (49 photos)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Shiloh AME Zion Church, West Brighton, celebrated another milestone on Saturday, marking 119 years of ...
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Artifacts Tied to Slavery and Civil Rights Quietly Pulled from Black History Museum as Trump Orders ‘Race‑Free’ Review
In all, NBC News counted 32 artifacts that have disappeared from public view at the National Museum of African American ...
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Historic Cumberland County Civil War Church reopens
A historic Civil War-era church in Cumberland County has officially reopened. The historic Mount Tabor AME Zion Church located in Mount Holly was first founded in ...
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Planning Board to consider historic designation for MoCo sites significant to Black history, disability advocacy
The Montgomery County Planning Board will consider Thursday whether to designate as historic two local properties — one with ...
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National grant boosts AME Zion Church of Kingston’s plans to preserve and restore its historic building
The names on its windowsill plaques are of Kingston’s foundational black families. Its baptismal font was given in memory of George Henry Sharpe, a general whose pioneering intel gathering greatly ...
Fire at historic Black church in Memphis was intentionally set, investigators say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 ...