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150 Years of Congregation and Community at St. James

It has been 150 years this month since freed slave Squire Jahagen started St. James Missionary Baptist Church on 1,000 square feet of land in Fayetteville. The congregation has grown to include 1300 members of all ethnicites and races and continues to make its mark in the community.

MUSIC: "St. James Infirmary" Louis Armstrong