First African Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa will host a day of events on June 9 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Tuesday," a pivotal moment in the city's civil rights movement. The events ...

First African Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa will host a special service at 3 p.m. Sunday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of "Bloody Tuesday." The service, organized by the Bloody Tuesday Committee, ...

DUBLIN, Ga. — In Dublin, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was celebrated all weekend long. It started Saturday with the 28th Annual Dublin-Laurens Black Festival Committee's MLK Parade. First African ...

First African Baptist Church held a special service on June 8 to commemorate the 61 years since "Bloody Tuesday," a pivotal moment in Tuscaloosa's civil rights movement. The service, organized by the ...

DUBLIN, Ga. — Sunday was a rich day for African American history in Dublin, with the ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest. It was open to middle and high school students who gave ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Standing strong in the middle of downtown is First African Baptist Church, whose history runs deep and strong in the Savannah Area. “It’s amazing to know that a congregation ...

ST. MARYS, Ga. (AP) -- Members of the First African Baptist Church sang hymns and prayed as firefighters struggled hopelessly to save their church from destruction. Once the oldest black church in ...

CHILLICOTHE― David Nickens is a cherished religious leader in Ross County who created the First Baptist Church, participated in the Underground Railroad and was the first Black ordained minister in ...

In frayed jeans, sneakers and a fish-patterned sports band around his neck, John Mellencamp looked different than most churchgoers at the First African Baptist Church in Savannah. It’s not his casual ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Preparations are underway for the next phase of the project focused on the original First Baptist Church site in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. Now known as the African Baptist ...