On Sundays in the late 1960s, the pastor, ministers, and choir of Metropolitan African ... in reference to two common African American church practices. “Now we’re letting our hair down.” ...

On Sundays, Manor resident Ardtria Griffin wakes before dawn to pray, put on her black or red usher’s uniform and make the long drive to her church in central East Austin. In recent months, she ...

Williams noted that church leaders instilled discipline and self-respect, teaching young African American young people like her to carry themselves with pride and dignity. She recalled choir director, ...

Bishop Timothy Clarke of the First Church of God in Columbus, Ohio, said he would be emulating Moss in making an appeal to his predominantly African American congregation. “Our grandson is in DC ...