James AME needs all the help it can get, said the Rev.... Black churches served a vital role after

Bishop of Ramsbury Andrew Rumsey, who is the Church of England’s joint lead bishop for church

The department said the church was founded in 1865 and has been a staple in the community.... In a

Carolyn B. Maloney in her opening statement.... Win Mcnamee/ Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event at the White House complex, March 15, 2022, in Washington, DC.... " That is why we must do everything possible to support them, especially when they are threatened or attacked.”....

Princeville’s future rests not only on protecting the town from flooding, but also persuading younger generations to make a home in the town.... Two-term mayor Bobbie Jones, a full-time school principal who lives in Princeville and commutes one hour each way to his job in Hertford County, says history compels him — and others —to work for his town’s survival.“ These are sacred grounds, ” Jones said.... “ These are sacred African American grounds.” Princeville was incorporated in 1885 by former

just 12 have been Black--and only three have been Black women, none of whom have ever served together

OPELOUSAS, La.— Three years after an arsonist torched three small Black Baptist churches in rural

Black Americans nearly 140 years ago.“ It is sacred to me, ” said Bandy, 65.... Princeville’s future

It’s a number typically associated with white supremacy and the number of bullets that Roof said he had taken with him to the attack.“ We’ve given a big ‘F — you’ to white supremacy and racism, ” Sellers told AP.... 28 by Columbia, S.C., police on the drug possession charge.... But a series of clerical errors and missteps allowed Roof to buy the handgun he later used in the massacre. The errors included wrongly listing the sheriff’s office as the arresting agency in the drug case, according to

Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the