Artwork planned to recognize Black church destroyed by arsonist in nearly all-white town

The Black residents of Hastings, Minnesota, started Brown’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) in 1892.

A nonprofit group, Building Remembrance for Reconciliation (BRR), is working on a new art installation that will commemorate Brown’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church of Hastings.

Black residents started the church in the nearly all-white Minnesota town in 1892. The effort was made possible with financial support from both Black and white communities, according to today!

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