Stained glass window in the Bethel AME Church
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An original stained glass window from the brick Bethel AME Church from the Fifth and Pines location with the name of the family who paid for it; all the stained glass windows were saved and transferred to the new church when the brick building was demolished.
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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…
