Congregants celebrate the reconstruction of one of America’s oldest Black churches
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of residents gathered for a community-wide re-dedication of the original First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, which was established in 1776 by enslaved and free African Americans in defiance of laws that prevented them from congregating.
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