The Pilgrims later petitioned the trustees of First Baptist Church of St. Paul to purchase in trust a lot worth $200.00 on Sibley Street near Morris Street, on which to build a meeting place.

shedding light on untold African American history and fostering dignity and remembrance. Archaeologists in Colonial Williamsburg uncovered the foundations of First Baptist Church, founded in 1776 ...

“When the Civil War ended in 1865, First Baptist Church laid the foundation for African Americans in the ... Lewis and Freedom Riders would be trapped inside First Baptist Church as KKK members ...

First African Baptist Church will host a series of events beginning Saturday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Tuscaloosa's "Bloody Tuesday" march, a pivotal moment in the city's civil ...

What was amazing is that it was established under the name of First African Baptist church, so they actually made a connection to their own history and heritage,” said Rev. Clifton Dollison ...

“No glass or plaster was found during the excavations so it is believed the inside walls were ... the site of the historic First Baptist Church, now known as the African Baptist Meeting House ...

John Mellencamp plays inside Savannah’s First African Baptist Church. Mary Dimitrov “No one is a stranger,” she said. Throughout the service people hollered, smiled, laughed, hugged and ...

after First Baptist’s white church leaders decided to split black churchgoers into a separate congregation. It was called the African Baptist Church, a name later changed to Court Street Baptist.

The language, which former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder supports, directs VCU to give the First African Baptist Church to Virginia State University, which could lease the church to Virginia Union ...

Congregants prayed over Kamala Harris at New Birth Missionary Baptist ... s church, a congregation established before the Civil War where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. The first connection ...