Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall explores the deep history of Allen University in Columbia, its African Methodist Episcopal ...

Mother Emanuel is the largest African American church in Charleston and one of the oldest AME churches south of the ...

Richard Allen, Absalom Jones ... re-emerged 3,000 strong and purchased the land where Mother Emanuel AME church sits. Bishop Daniel Payne returned to Charleston after being in exile for 30 ...

Before Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and became North America’s first Christian bishop of African descent and the namesake of Columbia’s Allen University ...

Built in 1880 by a congregation comprised of formerly enslaved people and their descendants, the church is an enduring, ...

Plenty of Juneteenth events have already been celebrated in Philadelphia and the region, but there are many more coming up.

Philadelphia’s official stance is that local law enforcement doesn’t help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement perform ...

The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East Lynne Theater Company. The Allen AME Church in Cape May, damaged by fire in ...