Second graders trying to save African Meeting House in Boston

The African Meeting House located in Boston’s Beacon Hill area is facing some tough budget cuts, but a second grade class is trying to help save it.

“We are in an amazing historic space. There are not a lot of existing structures built by African Americans, used by African Americans, and lived in by African Americans in this nation,” Chief Curator Angela Tate said.

Built in 1806, it’s the oldest Black church built in America, a known gathering spot to the 54th Regiment during the Civil War and its halls tell the stories of great leaders who spoke there like Frederick Douglass…

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