The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...

East Texas cities filled their streets with cars and floats celebrating Juneteenth. One Black community in Mount Pleasant ...

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

For anyone attending a contemporary African American worship service, the experience carries “an expectation of participation,” said the Rev. Derrick Hammond, pastor of Oak Valley Baptist Church in ...

In response to Trump’s executive order targeting the Smithsonian, Black churches are pledging support to the African American History Museum.

A parish church in St. Louis that primarily serves the African American community was announced Feb. 24 as a recipient of a preservation grant to support the restoration of the historic building ...

The ninth marker on the Springfield-Greene County African American Heritage Trail, Monday's installation follows the previously installed Church Square South marker, which honors Gibson Chapel and ...

PICKENS, S.C. — A historic Black church in Pickens County, South Carolina, has received a $250,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The first time I went to a mostly African American church service, I was blown away by the music. One word came to mind – Motown. I felt the same beat, the same spirit of ...

The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its origins dating back to the first African American congregations in the ...