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How the Black Church Embraces Tragic History and the Fervor of Faith Read full article Oops! John White/US National Archives/Getty “It was out in the country, far from home, far from my foster home, on a dark Sunday night. The road wandered from our rambling log‑house up the stony bed of a creek, past wheat and corn, until we could hear dimly across the fields a rhythmic cadence of song,—soft, thrilling, powerful, that swelled and died sorrowfully in our ears. I was a country schoolteacher then, fresh from the East, and had never seen a Southern Negro revival. To be sure, we in Berkshir...

As a conductor of the Underground Railroad, Marylander Harriet Tubman based her operations in St. Catharines, a Canadian town in the province of Ontario just 15 miles from the U.S. border.

Prominent bishop of AME Zion Church suspended, faces financial accusations A longtime ecumenical leader, Powell has been ordered to not represent the AME Zion Church in civic or ecumenical organizations. Bishop Staccato Powell. Photo via Facebook January 8, 2021 (RNS) — A former top bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has been suspended and is awaiting trial. He faces accusations of mishandling millions of dollars in transactions related to congregations, the denomination’s bishops announced. “(T)he Board of Bishops announces the immediate suspension of S...

Grant Crushed The KKK, What Will It Take For President-Elect Biden To Crush The Proud Boys And Other Extremists? Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling Civil Rights leaders and pastors just warned that the Proud Boys, which tore down and destroyed Black Lives Matter banners outside several historic Black churches, evoked memories of when the Ku Klux Klan gathered and burned crosses. Alongside other White extremists, the group cheered as members poured lighter fluid on burning Black Lives Matters signs, one just outside of Asbury United Methodist Church (AUMC) in Washington, DC. (1) AU...