Rebuilding one of the oldest Black churches in U.S.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 22, 2025
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Ben Finley
Colonial Williamsburg Black Church
FILE - From left, Reginald F. Davis, pastor of First Baptist Church, Connie Matthews Harshaw, a member of First Baptist, and Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg's director of archaeology, stand at the brick-and-mortar foundation of one the oldest Black churches in the U.S. on Oct. 6, 2021, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Finley, File)
