Mother Emanuel AME

The doors to Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME Church reopened Sunday to an exodus of people undeterred by the murderous efforts of a gunman fueled by…

It’s been almost a week since a gunman killed nine at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. On Sunday, hours after the…

The national president of the NAACP wants South Carolina lawmakers to take down the Confederate flag flying outside the State Capitol building. On Sunday morning television program, CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Cornell William Brooks said the flag is more recognizable as a symbol of white supremacists than for any historical reasons. The shooter who killed […]

In today’s edition of the NewsOne Top 5, we take a look an in depth look at the Mother Emanuel AME Church mass shooting in Charleston SC.

UPDATED (12:15 PM) — The suspect in the Charleston, South Carolina church massacre has been caught by police, according to various media outlets in South Carolina. Police identified the suspect as Dylann Storm Roof, 21, of Columbia, South Carolina. Law enforcement officials say Roof was captured in Shelby, North Carolina. That’s roughly three hours away […]

History of Charleston's "Mother Emanuel" A.M.E. Church as presented on its own site: http://t.co/qPJcEzbPz9 pic.twitter.com/GCOEaXRXU1 — Robert McNamara (@history1800s) June 18, 2015 A tragedy still…