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Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., long-serving AME Zion Church leader, dies at 77
Having served as an active Bishop for 29 years, Bishop George Edward Battle Jr. will take his place in history as one of our ...
Bethel AME Men’s Day Committee honors Augusta leaders
Ten men were honored by Bethel AME Church at the Bell Auditorium on Friday evening. More than 300 guests were there, too.
George Battle, longtime head of AME Zion Church and CMS board member, dies at 77
Bishop George Edward Battle, Jr., who was the head of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and a former ...
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Bishop George Battle, former head of the A.M.E. Zion Church, dies at 77
Bishop George Edward Battle, Jr, former head of the A.M.E. Zion Church and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education member, ...
$8.5 million awarded to preserve 30 Historically Black Churches across the U.S.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in grants to 30 historically Black Churches as a part of its third annual ...
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The D.C. church that beat the Proud Boys in court now owns their name
There was no disagreement as to whether we should engage,” says Metropolitan AME pastor Bill Lamar, “but there was definitely ...
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Marker will recognize graveyard at former AME Church site in Westtown
WESTTOWN—Township Supervisors voted March 3 to erect an historic marker to recognize a Black cemetery at the former site of the 1817 Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal church. At least 140 ...
Montgomery Advertiser on MSN5d
Historic Selma church at heart of Civil Rights Movement gets $1M in renovation funds
Brown Chapel A.M.E Church in Selma, Alabama, a pivotal location during the civil rights movement, is undergoing a $1 million ...