Most of all, he didn’t want parishioners at his mostly black church in Evansville, Ind., to be intimidated. Liberty Missionary Baptist Church is the city’s oldest black house of worship, Robertson said. (Courtesy of Liberty Missionary Baptist Church)For the church, Thanksgiving was a day of service. Every year, Liberty Missionary opens its doors on the holiday to feed the needy. The church has “been here when there was lynching downtown, and people still came to church on Sunday.”Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, shown in May 1949, is the oldest black church in Evansville, Ind.

Source: Washington Post November 28, 2016 18:32 UTC