Cover : Sunday school children created a sidewalk memorial outside Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn , NY . With support from the National Fund for Sacred Places , this socially active congregation embarked on a campaign to restore its brownstone façade while also responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and racial unrest . Photo : Lynn Stirrup
Inside Cover : This neon sign outside Vernon A . M . E . Church is a landmark on Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa , OK , site of the 1921 Race Massacre . Vernon ’ s basement , which served as a refuge during that event , is the only structure in the area that survived ( the upper floors burned ). The congregation is also the only original black landowner on what was formerly known as Black Wall Street . With support from the National Fund for Sacred Places , this active congregation is completing repairs to its roof so the building can continue to serve as a refuge , center of community , and a physical connection to a tragic moment in America ’ s history . Photo : Dr . Robert Turner
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