Bishop George Edward Battle, Jr., who was the head of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and a former ...

Family, friends, political leaders and more attended the funeral for civil rights icon Dr. Hazel Dukes at Mother AME Zion ...

In a celebration of progress, Scotland AME Zion Church held a special interfaith service over the weekend. It's the first ...

Dukes died March 1 at 92 years old. As president of the NAACP New York State conference she was active in politics until the ...

Memorial services for Dr. Hazel Dukes, a trailblazing civil rights leader, will start Tuesday in Harlem. A public viewing ...

Funeral services for late NAACP New York State Conference President Hazel Dukes are being held at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church ...

A long list of political standouts came out to memorialize the late Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes, the president of the NAACP New York ...

Battle was 84th in the line of succession at the AME Zion Church. His obituary said he was assigned to the Piedmont Episcopal District until his retirement in 2021. Born on May 14, 1947 ...

Battle was 84th in the line of succession at the AME Zion Church, the post said. Born on May 14, 1947, Battle was a teenager when he attended his first AME Zion service. The Rocky Mount native ...

Born in Elizabeth City in the early 1830s, Andrew Cartwright established African American churches in northeastern North ...