Organizers said the Expo was part of a national effort by the organization to reduce health and economic disparities.

A historic Black building in Odessa, Zoar Church, was recently awarded a $250,000 grant to aid restoration efforts.

The church sits on a rise about five miles from ... Her family is the last Black family on Liberia Road, she said. The six acre property holds a cemetery with the graves of freed enslaved people ...

Zoar Methodist Episcopal Church in Odessa is a refined brick building built in 1881 by free Black residents. The church and adjacent social hall closed in 1998 due to declining membership and ...

A local historic Black church is one step closer to achieving its restoration dreams thanks to a substantial grant. The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural ...