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Kevin Sack's “Mother Emanuel" is a deep dive into AME history and a valuable contribution to discourse about the the church, ...
Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kevin Sack has written a book about the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting.
Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, ...
It’s a day that scarred the Lowcountry forever. A lone gunman launched an attack on one of the oldest churches in the south, ...
Certainly, part of the church's history is the tragedy of June 17, 2015, when a young man went to Bible study at Mother Emanuel, asking for the pastor. The man stayed for some 45 minutes to an hour.
In the two-century history of Mother Emanuel AME Church, two events stand out: the 2015 execution-style slayings of nine church members during a prayer meeting by white racist Dylann Roof and the ...
I just got fascinated by the incredibly rich history of this place," Sack told NPR. Titled Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church, Sack's new ...
He had chosen the Emanuel AME Church, known as Mother Emanuel, for its rich history and its civil rights heritage, believing that this would add more status and significance to his act.