BLACK HISTORY 365
Violence Against the Black Church
Attacks against African American Churches in the United States have taken the form of arson, bombings, mass murder, hate crimes, and white supremacist – propelled domestic terrorism. The Black church has long been central to Black culture with predominantly black leadership and congregations.
The Black church has long been central to Black culture in America, a symbol of independence, social uplift, liberation, strength, and revolution. During the Civil Rights Movements, protests like the Montgomery Bus Boycott were organized at Black Churches. That made Black Churches a target for white fear, anger, and violence. On September 15, 1963, white men fire-bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the largest Black church in Birmingham, Alabama, murdering four young Black girls. Black churches throughout the south had been burned, fire bombed, or vandalized.
On June 18, 2015, the killing of nine people at the Emanuel African, Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., is among a long list of attacks targeting predominantly black churches in the United States. A number of past cases involved the burning of churches by Ku Klux Klan members.
In Springfield, Mass, on Nov. 5, 2008, Macedonia church of God in Christ, the predominantly black church, which was under construction was set on fire shortly after the election of President Obama.
Rosa Primous
February 1, 2024
List of attacks against African-American churches - Wikipedia
The Black church has long been central to Black culture in America, a symbol of independence, social uplift, liberation, strength, and revolution. During the Civil Rights Movements, protests like the Montgomery Bus Boycott were organized at Black Churches. That made Black Churches a target for white fear, anger, and violence. On September 15, 1963, white men fire-bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the largest Black church in Birmingham, Alabama, murdering four young Black girls. Black churches throughout the south had been burned, fire bombed, or vandalized.
On June 18, 2015, the killing of nine people at the Emanuel African, Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., is among a long list of attacks targeting predominantly black churches in the United States. A number of past cases involved the burning of churches by Ku Klux Klan members.
In Springfield, Mass, on Nov. 5, 2008, Macedonia church of God in Christ, the predominantly black church, which was under construction was set on fire shortly after the election of President Obama.
Rosa Primous
February 1, 2024
List of attacks against African-American churches - Wikipedia