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Members of Miles Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., join in prayer as the church observed “Black Lives Matter” Sunday on Dec. 14, 2014. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

(RNS1-DEC18) Members of Miles Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., join in prayer as the church observed ÒBlack Lives MatterÓ Sunday on Dec. 14, 2014. For use with RNS-BLACK-CHURCH, transmitted Dec. 18, 2014. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

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(RNS2-OCT15) Janette Holland is greeted during a Sunday church service at Emmanuel Baptist
Church in Cleveland. The church, like other downtown congregations, is struggling to stay in its
urban neighborhood. For use with RNS-BLACK-CHURCH, transmitted Oct. 15, 2008. Religion
News Service photo by Tracy Boulian/The Plain Dealer.