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This file appears in: St. Augustine Catholic Church


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This file appears in: St. Augustine Catholic Church

St. Augustine Catholic Church

By Christina Lawrence
Founded in 1841 by free people of color, St. Augustine is the oldest African-American parish in the United States. Civil Rights activists Homer Plessy and A.P. Tureaud were parishioners of St.…

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