historic preservation
As threats to Black cemeteries persist, a movement to preserve their sacred heritage gains strength
By Darren Sands and Giovanna Dell'orto — March 15, 2024
MIAMI (AP) — When sites of sacred cultural memory are desecrated, it adds additional trauma to the indignity of being segregated even in death, said the executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
Dozens of Black churches receive total of $4 million for historic preservation
By Adelle M. Banks — January 15, 2024
(RNS) — This year’s grants, which range from $50,000 to $200,000, will allow congregations to address issues such as mold contamination, demolition, water filtration and deferred maintenance.
Middle Collegiate Church nears time for demolition of its historic facade
By Adelle M. Banks — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — ‘We tried to save a couple of ornamental pieces that we hope we can repurpose in the new building,’ said the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, its senior minister.
Middle Collegiate Church expects historic façade to be demolished by spring
By Adelle M. Banks — January 24, 2023
(RNS) — New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, by a vote of 8-2 on Jan. 10, granted the church’s request for a ‘certificate of appropriateness’ to take down the façade.
35 Black churches to receive total of $4 million for preservation work
By Adelle M. Banks — January 16, 2023
(RNS) — The new grant program honors the history of Black churches ‘while also investing in their physical permanence and financial sustainment into the future,’ an official said.
Historic façade must go, Middle Collegiate Church tells New York landmarks commission
By Adelle M. Banks — December 13, 2022
(RNS) — ‘The way to be in our neighborhood is to take down the façade and build something else,’ the Rev. Jacqui Lewis said in an interview.
Let Middle Collegiate Church rebuild
By Joshua Stanton — December 13, 2022
(RNS) — This is about more than a church or a façade. It’s about a community that has served New York City for hundreds of years.
Four historic African American churches receive preservation grant
By Renée Roden — July 15, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The four churches represent the through line of the role of the Black church in the Black community,’ said Brent Leggs, founding executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
Historic civil rights church to be considered for national recognition
By Adelle M. Banks — September 16, 2014
“This was the spiritual workplace of the civil rights movement,” said the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy III, whose foundation is seeking to have the site of the historic church designated as a national park.
After long fight, Washington’s ‘ugliest church’ meets the wrecking ball
By Amanda Murphy — March 13, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Legal scholars and developers followed the case closely after it raised an important question: If the owners want to tear down a building, can somebody else force them to keep it?
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