The congregation was not allowed to purchase ... and the service during the church's fifth week bore that out. "When we left the old church, we had 17 people, and today we had 65," Hodges said.

The defendant’s attack, motivated by race and color, instilled fear in not only the mostly Black congregants of the church, ...

A 34-year-old man is sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to vandalizing a Michigan church with a predominantly Black congregation, federal officials said. Getty Images ...