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comments "The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song" opens with a gospel hymn sung by a familiar voice. . .  that of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., its creator, host and narrator. Gates has fine pitch, and I don't believe wouldn't be insulted by the observation that his stylings pale next to that of Jennifer Hudson, one of Gates' interviewees, or executive producer John Legend, who closes the first night with a tender melody. But Gates isn't singing to showcase some hidden talent. He's demonstrating the democratizing nature of Black religious music, song steeped in cultural traditio...

Historic churches of the Lewes United Methodist Charge remembered Faith United Methodist Church member Hurley Waples of Rehoboth Beach designed and built this 3-D representation of the four African American churches that historically made up the Lewes United Methodist Charge. Shown are Israel United Methodist Church, still in existence at 20230 Plantation Road, Lewes; the former Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, now called Faith United Methodist Church, still in existence at 19940 Church St., Rehoboth Beach; the former John Wesley United Methodist Church in Belltown, which has been sol...

Jacksonville officials will open a COVID-19 vaccination site in the city’s Northside for just two days — Friday and Saturday — to administer shots to 975 people, Mayor Lenny Curry said Thursday. The pop-up vaccination site at the Clanzel Brown Senior Center, 4575 Moncrief Road, will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day for people 65 or older, frontline medical personnel and first responders. “If and when more vaccines become available, we will be ready to open additional sites in other areas of the community,” Curry said. Unlike other vaccination sites, no appointments will be...

Nashville Tennessean Two historic buildings are what remain of the more than 50 homes and other structures that compromised the Promise Land community of former slaves.  The descendants of those families are among the members of the Promise Land Heritage Association, which is currently focused on saving the nearly 90-year-old St. John Methodist Church at Promise Land.  “We want to offer the public new exciting, informative, and attractive programs, events and exhibits at the site,” said Serina Gilbert, chair of the association’s board of directors.  The group has launched a campaign ...

Police arrested a suspected burglar Friday after following his shoeprints in the snow. Guy William Stephens, 31, was arrested after he led police on an early morning foot chase through a northeast Hermiston neighborhood. Officers responded to a report of stolen items at about 6:20 a.m. Friday. They discovered someone had stolen a driver’s license and baseball cap from a parked vehicle, then noticed snowy footprints leading from the scene. They followed the prints to a storage shed at another residence where they learned their suspect had stolen a cooler and alcohol from a second storage ...