Metropolis Magazine Ι Feb. 29, 2024 Throughout all of American history, the patch of city at 6th and Lombard in Philadelphia is the property that’s been continuously owned by Black people the longest. Not at all coincidentally, at that spot is a church—Mother Bethel AME—which has been there since 1794. This rare historical linage is… Continue reading The National Trust for Historic Preservation Helps Tell the Stories of Black Churches