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Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., the oldest A.M.E. church in the South, will forever be associated with former President Barack Obama because of his memorable — and melodic — eulogy for the nine victims of a racist massacre in its fellowship hall in June 2015.

The society was founded in 1881 by A.M.E. church bishop Daniel Payne, one of a number of such groups created as Black literacy rates rose during Reconstruction.

After more than a month, her mother was memorialized at her church, the Allen A.M.E. church in Queens.

While there was surely acknowledgement of Black History Week — established in 1926 — at my A.M.E. church, calendars didn’t commemorate specific dates in Black history.

The initiative is a product of the Munson-Williams-Proctor’s advisory panel known as the African American Community Partners, which includes a pastor at the city’s oldest A.M.E. church.