by DennisCarolAnn | Jan 31, 2014 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Instituted in 1808 by enslaved blacks, St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church of Huntsville, Alabama, exemplifies 206 years of black religious independence. It was located originally outside the city limits of Huntsville near present day Governors Drive and Madison...
by MackFelicia | Jan 31, 2014 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME) Church, founded in 1796, is currently located in Harlem, New York. It is the oldest African American church in the state of New York and was established when black parishioners left John Street Methodist Church in that...
by DartisMichelle | Jan 30, 2014 | African American History, People
American television broadcaster Robin René Roberts is the anchor of Good Morning America, an ABC morning news show broadcast from its studios in New York, New York. In December 2013, she quietly came out as a lesbian in a Facebook post that acknowledged her long-time...
by HansonMarianne | Jan 28, 2014 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Tanner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Phoenix is the oldest African American Church in the State of Arizona. Tanner Chapel was founded by African American settlers who came to Arizona Territory to escape racism, oppression, and violence in the...
by RoyLisa | Jan 28, 2014 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Zion Baptist Church was founded on November 15, 1865 by an intrepid group of black pioneers who settled in Denver, Colorado Territory when the city’s total population was less than 5,000 people. Among its founders was Barney Ford who would later become one of...
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