Rev. Melech E.M. Thomas becomes the 24th pastor of historic Baltimore church Payne Memorial AME. His journey from rap to ...

Morning Star Baptist Church is on its way to becoming a Chicago landmark.

The new permanent home of a museum in Ann Arbor offers an opportunity to celebrate local Black history and the accomplishments of notable people. The African American Cultural and Historical Museum of ...

G eorge Washington Williams was one complex dude. He was a soldier, a minister of the gospel, a lawyer, a politician, an ...

Thomas Crowley is the first gay paster at Myrtle Baptist Church, a Black church in Newton. Now, he's helping other churches welcome gay people.

By Keith Stokes, special to What’s Up Newp. Originally published on Feb. 18, 2021 “If there was a watering-place in America where respectable, refined, and well-bearing-colored ladies and gentlemen ...

IRIS and other refugee resettlement groups in CT are struggling amid the loss of funds and suspension of refugees entering ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to ...

The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its ...

President Trump raised both hopes and hackles with the formation of a federal task force to root out “anti-Christian bias” ...

For members of St. John AME Church in Hampstead, it is a special place to worship and hope that will continue for many more ...

Growing up in the Black church, Kyra March was surrounded by love – and big, beautiful hats – the inspiration for an exhibit ...