Terry Buckalew's guest appearances

Terry Buckalew

The Gist of Freedom   Preserving American History through Black Literature . . .

Cory Booker

Russell Simmons

Frederick Douglass

Paul Robeson

Eric Garner

Mike Brown

Emmanuel Jal

Walter Mosley

John Brown

Marcus Garvey

Jim Crow

Robert Smalls

David Walker

Yusef Salaam

Eric Holder

OwlTail

Mother Bethel

The Gist of Freedom, www.blackhistoryUniversity.com is pleased to present to you historian Terry Buckalew: Mother Bethel AME the oldest African American Church Est. 1786, Recently discovered it's historic Cemetery is buried Underneath the swing sets of an urban playground in Philadelphia.Mother Bethel, via it's mutual Aid Society, The African Free Society, established several institutions in the 1700's. Unfortunately, the white establishment was threatened and sued the Church. After a 20 year court battle, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruled in Bethel's favor. The Church remained self governed. There lies the forgotten remains of an estimated 3,000 African-Americans.Headstone Reads.."Amelia Brown, 181

The Gist of Freedom, <a href="http://www.blackhistoryUniversity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.blackhistoryUniversity.com</a> is pleased to present to you historian Terry Buckalew: Mother Bethel AME the oldest African American Church Est. 1786, Recently discovered it's historic Cemetery is buried Underneath the swing sets of an urban playground in Philadelphia. Mother Bethel, via it's mutual Aid Society, The African Free Society, established several institutions in the 1700's. Unfortunately, the white establishment was threatened and sued the Church. After a 20 year court battle, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruled in Bethel's favor. The Church remained self governed.  There lies the forgotten remains of an estimated 3,000 African-Americans. Headstone Reads.. "Amelia Brown, 181

Mother Bethel's Burial Ground- Historian Terry Buckalew