Bethel AME Church namestone.
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The Bethel AME Church dedication stone from the Fifth and Pine location brick church building, built in 1920.
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Bethel AME Church
Spokane has long had a black population, though it started out quite small. Coal mining jobs drew large numbers of African Americans to Washington State in the 1880s, though often when they found work as scabs hired to break strikes. A large number…
