Durham, NC

White Rock Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1866 by Dr. Augustus Shepard, whose son later founded North Carolina Central University; this historic church had several edifices in the Black community before moving into this structure in 1977; within days after the Greensboro Woolworth’s Lunch Counter Sit-in on 1 February 1960, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. met with Asbury Temple’s Rev. Douglas Moore at White Rock, where the successful Civil Rights Movement strategy to “Fill Up the Jails” was announced; church is a member of the Progressive Baptist Convention

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a & 10:15a

ADDRESS: 3400 Fayetteville Street  MAP

PHONE: 919-688-8136

WEBSITE: http://www.whiterockbaptistchurch.org

St. Joseph's AME Church
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1869, one of the first fully autonomous African American churches in America; its 1891 sanctuary in the Old Hayti neighborhood is now St. Joseph's Performance Hall at the Hayti Heritage  Center; today the congregation meets at 2521 Fayetteville Street

ADDRESS: 700 Old Fayetteville Street  MAP

PHONE: 919-683-1709

WEBSITE: http://www.hayti.org

St. Mark AME Zion Church
DESCRIPTION: One of the oldest Black Churches in town

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10a

ADDRESS: 531 South Roxboro Street  MAP

PHONE: 919-688-2092

WEBSITE: http://stmarkamez.org

Asbury Temple United Methodist Church
DESCRIPTION: In the late 1950’s, Rev Douglas Moore and other community leaders organized Civil Rights Movement sit-ins to protest discrimination at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro and others across the state; Rev Moore was the first NC delegate to the Southern Christian Leadership Council; he is among the earliest ministers credited to have persuaded Dr MLK to adopt a policy of non-violent confrontation of “Jim Crow” apartheid

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 201 South Alston Ave  MAP

PHONE: 919-688-4578

WEBSITE: http://www.asburytempleumc.org

Muhammad's Mosque 34
DESCRIPTION: NOI mosque for the eastern portion of North Carolina

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10a

ADDRESS: 304 South Driver Street  MAP

PHONE: 919-957-4850

WEBSITE: http://www.muhammadmosque34.org

Raleigh, NC

St. Augustine's College Chapel
DESCRIPTION: One of the earliest remaining buildings on the St. Augustine's campus erected in 1895, this Norman Gothic style chapel was made possible through the acquisition of Welcome Plantation by the Freedmen's Bureau for education of black teachers. Students built the irregular T-shaped chapel of native granite under the direction of Rev. Henry Beard Delany; the chapel is home to the bishop's chair, a memorial to Delany, the first black bishop elected to the Episcopal Church and the first bishop to graduate from this college

SUNDAY WORSHIP: Sun 11a chapel service

ADDRESS: 1315 Oakwood Ave  MAP

PHONE: 919-516-4189

WEBSITE: http://www.st-aug.edu

St. Paul AME Church
DESCRIPTION: An example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture, the church was established in 1849 when members withdrew from Edenton Street Methodist Church to form the first separate black congregation in Raleigh; in 1865, this church site hosted the first convention of freedmen in North Carolina; as the oldest black church in Wake County, the current church was completed in 1910 on the site of two previous church buildings; the steeple was added in 1985; on the National Register of Historic Places

SUNDAY WORSHIP: Sunday worship 8a & 11a

ADDRESS: 402 West Edenton Street  MAP

PHONE: 919-832-2709

WEBSITE: http://www.stpaulamechurch.org

First Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: In 1812, Black members of the North Salisbury Street First Baptist Church established as a biracial congregation; in 1868 they requested separation to form their own church and asked for the present lot in the 1870s; pastor C. E Ward played a prominent role during Civil Rights Movement with sermons and helping to organize rallies at the church; Ward also went to school with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a &11a

ADDRESS: 101 South Wilmington Street  MAP

PHONE: 919-832-1649

WEBSITE: http://www.fbcdurham.org

Davie Street Presbyterian Church
DESCRIPTION: Originally a mission to teach former slave children and send them to schools in 1872, this church was distinguished by its tower and slate roof; present church was remodeled and enlarged in the 1920s

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 300 East Davie Street  MAP

PHONE: 919-834-8855

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United House of Prayer For All People
DESCRIPTION: Raleigh branch of the UHPFAP

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 409 East South Street  MAP

PHONE: 919-828-5492

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