Church Historian Vallerie Ellis remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson's visit to Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in 1994. The civil rights leader died Tuesday. Active shooting incident reported ...

Mr. Simmie Lee Coleman, Sr. was born on July 23, 1935, in Butler, Alabama, to John H. Coleman and Arie Mae Ridgeway-Coleman.

SEATTLE — Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate who spent decades fighting for racial and economic justice, died Tuesday at age 84, leaving behind a legacy ...

In some rooms, there is just a greater sense of what came before. At Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church, which celebrated its 130th anniversary Sunday, everybody knows the history of the congregation.

BOWMAN — Ground-breaking ceremonies for Mount Zion Baptist Church’s new $1.2 million Family Life Center were held Sunday, May 27.

A HISTORIC CHURCH IN SEMINOLE COUNTY BURNED IN A FIRE, BUT CHURCH OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL REBUILD. THE FIRE SPARKED AROUND ...

Over 70 people attended a special African American History Celebration at Zion Baptist Church in Parkersburg on Sunday to commemorate Black History Month. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) PARKERSBURG – People ...

MOUNT HERMON BAPTIST CHURCH was one of a number of major AFRICAN AMERICAN churches originating from SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH, the largest black Baptist church in Cleveland in the 19th century. Mt. Hermon ...