Durham, NC

White Rock Baptist Church
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; Sunday worship 8a and 10:15a; a member of the Progressive Baptist Convention; 3400 Fayetteville Street; 919-688-8136; http://www.whiterockbaptistchurch.org

St. Joseph's AME Church
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;  700 Old Fayetteville Street; 919-683-1709; http://www.hayti.org

St. Mark AME Zion Church
One of the oldest Black Churches in town; Sunday worship 10a; 531 South Roxboro Street; 919-688-2092

Asbury Temple United Methodist Church
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; 201 South Alston Ave at Angier Ave; 919-688-4578; http://www.asburytempleumc.org

Muhammad's Mosque 34
NOI mosque for the eastern portion of North Carolina; Sunday lecture 10a; 304 South Driver Street; 919-957-4850; http://www.muhammadmosque34.org

Raleigh, NC

St. Augustine's College Chapel
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; Sun 11a chapel service; 1315 Oakwood Ave; 919-516-4189; http://www.st-aug.edu

St. Paul AME Church
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; Sunday worship 8a & 11a; on the National Register of Historic Places; 402 West Edenton Street; 919-832-2709; http://www.stpaulamechurch.org

First Baptist Church
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; 101 South Wilmington Street; 919-832-1649; http://www.fbcdurham.org

Davie Street Presbyterian Church
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; 300 East Davie Street; 919-834-8855

United House of Prayer for All People
Sunday worship 11a; 409 East South Street; 919-828-5492