Bethel AME Church Juneteenth rededication

Attendees pray during a service on Juneteenth, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in the parking lot across from PPG Paints Arena in the Hill District, to rededicate the site that once held the Bethel AME Church before it was seized via eminent domain as part of the demolition for the Civic Arena site in the 1950s. The event aimed to gain support for the congregation’s goal to have the land returned to them and to build a multipurpose community building. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)