As part of Black History Month, we’re highlighting a church in Savannah with historic ties to the Underground Railroad and ...
A National Historic Landmark, the First African Baptist Church was first organized in 1773 ... and the original light fixtures, balcony pews and baptismal pool. Today, visitors can attend a ...
A group of Ethiopian merchants and free African-Americans established the first Abyssinian ... Baptist church in the country at the time. Inside, semicircular rows of wooden pews and sunny rafters ...