Bethel AME Church

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A current image of the Bethel AME Church located at Newark and Richard Allen Court.

Image courtesy of http://bethelamespokane.com/church-history/.

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Bethel AME Church

By Nicolette Reames

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…