Tag Archives: African American Heritage

We are the change that we seek: Chicago’s New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

November 11, 2015 · by · in Chicago, USA · 2 Comments

From around 1910 through the 1970’s, Chicago was a destination for many African Americans from the rural South who moved here seeking better opportunities in an urban environment.  This movement, known as The Great Migration, resulted in a cultural and demographic shifting of communities. New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, located in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood, consciously […]

First Church of Deliverance in Chicago: an electrifying encounter in lime green

October 23, 2014 · by · in Chicago, USA · 5 Comments

We walked around the corner onto S. Wabash, clutching a map from Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago, and OH HECK YESSSSSSSSS, there was this delightful architectural surprise: a Streamline Moderne church!  With it’s twin towers of terra cotta and glass block, the First Church of Deliverance nods to traditional church structure, but don’t be deceived–there’s nothing traditional […]