A historic Black church in Virginia has paid off the debts of 11 graduating seniors at Saint Augustine’s University. The Alfred Street Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, donated a lofty sum ...

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A Historic Black Church Took the Proud Boys to Court. Now It Controls Their Trademark WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad In February, after the Proud Boys didn’t pay, the court gave the church use of the group’s name and symbols — seen on its black-and-yellow gear ...

In February, after the Proud Boys didn’t pay, the court gave the church use of the group’s name and symbols — seen on its black-and-yellow gear and laurel wreath logo. The church can seize ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — A historic African American church said it's being pushed out by developers and gentrification. Church leaders say developers recently purchased the abandoned hotels next to the ...

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 ... service for free to all ...

His church is not alone, as other predominantly Black congregations are taking similar steps. Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago ...

There were enslaved people there, but there were also free Black people there.” Copeland said the Church’s response to people of African descent has been varied. “We know that even in the 17th century ...