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Bronzeville church plans “ambitious” $157M affordable housing project
Olivet Baptist Church plans to develop a $157 million affordable housing project with 366 apartments next to its sanctuary in Bronzeville.
Greenville's pink 'Trap Church' was a publicity stunt. 3 years later, it's a symbol of decay.
West Greenville's 'Trap Church' is a sore spot in the Woodside community 3 years after a developer painted it pink to protest ...
Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.’s final days suffers devastating fire
King was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest ...
The Beaumont Enterprise1d
Fire devastates Memphis church at heart of civil rights movement
The landmark church was a foundation ... Jim Crow laws, where black American citizens were subjected to fewer benefits and pay than their white counterparts, workers, and endured unjust, unsafe ...
Religion News Service6d
Black church leader says Target boycott won’t ease until DEI programs return
At a Tuesday town hall meeting, the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church said the big-box retailer continues to not take the concerns of Black shoppers ... by a white police officer ...
Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump’s order
Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose church also ...
The Christian Century5d
Black church leader says Target boycott won't ease until DEI programs return
“During the summer of 2020 when George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis by a White police officer, Target claimed to have seen the light, but now, five years later, there seems to be a lunar eclipse, ...
Fire destroys Clayborn Temple, historic Memphis church with ties to MLK and Civil Rights Movement
Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968, caught fire ...
Visalia Times-Delta6d
‘Profound and lasting impact’: Fresno diocese issues protocols after death of Pope Francis
The Catholic Diocese of Fresno issued protocols for mourning, including special Masses and church displays. Flags at the White House and ... an easel in the church sanctuary with a bouquet of ...