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In a bit of good news in a landscape in which many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are facing tough times, a trustee from Morris…

Friendship Baptist Church has voted overwhelmingly to accept an offer from the city of Atlanta to sell its property to make way for the new Atlanta Falcons football stadium. The vote at the historic church, founded in 1866, mirrored the vote of its next door neighbor, Mount Vernon Baptist Church, which also voted overwhelmingly to […]

Members of Mount Vernon Baptist Church have voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal to sell its Northside Drive property to make way for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium. The city of Atlanta had offered the historic, 98-year-old church $14.5 million, which the church voted in favor of in a 90-minute meeting Thursday evening. The Georgia […]