this was a unit bethel church. -- at union bethel church. the topic was the proposal to transport free blacks and the formerly enslaved out of the united states. at the meeting, five men were selected to meet with the president. although none of the men were union bethel members, they returned on the day of the meeting and walked from the church to the white house. you can find details of the meeting in the digitized lincoln papers at the university of michigan. after slavery was abolished in the district of columbia thousands of blacks came into the city, mainly from virginia and maryland. most of them were destitute and in dire need of food and clothing and shelter. in october of 1862, reverend james handy helped form the union relief association. the association was one of many organizations created to alleviate a crisis in the community. the union relief association gathered contributions of money, food, and clothing, and held fundraising events at the church. donations came to the association from ame members across the northern part of

of the four churches under his charge, israel bethel and union bethel were the largest. israel bethel was an especially politically active church. the church pastor was involved in local and national politics. in the spring of 1862, the legislation to emancipate the enslaved in the district of columbia was working its way through congress and on to president abraham lincoln for his signature. reverend turner preached sermons and made israel bethel available for meetings supportive of the legislation. bishop payne went to the white house in mid april, met with the president, and spoke in support of the legislation. the sunday after president lincoln signed the manumission bill, there was a citywide service to celebrate . bishop payne preached a celebratory sermon, "welcome to the ransom." he stressed that liberation brings the responsibility of good citizenship. the following year, reverend turner was a lead in the campaign to allow blacks to serve in the union army. he also held recruiting dri ves at union bethel. reverend turner joined his recruits when he became the fi

i want to encourage people to visit the african-american museum or stop by the mother bethel museum. time to learn a little bit about black history you didn't know before. >> great treasurers right hear in philadelphia. >> reporter: i'm hearing from moderate republicans who didn't care for tom corbett. this governor is off to a slow start. else taking actions that are upsetting a lot of people. not a great start. >> black history month charles sifford, first african-american to play on the pga tour, one of only 3 golfers to have the presidential medal of honor. he never got to play in the masters, lee elders didn't get to play until 1975. >> reporter: 6 million people did not have insurance, because of that they have to pay a penalty. affordable care, obama care, i don't think it's affordable. >> i love seeing the red on you and you it's go red for heart health. thanks to all of you for being here and thanks to you for joining us, we'll see you back here next sunday! >> i'm nydia han along with sharrie williams. new new at noon have an update on the measles. >> live look outside the

a panel discussion with four historians was held at mother bethel ame church in society hill. 900 am mwurd hosted the look at the evolution of black activism. it is all part of black history month. >>> snow on the way for some in the morning. >> yes. snow for some in the morning during the morning commute. the timing not good. we've been watching the radar all afternoon long. we've been watching this area getting even closer. so here's what you can expect in the morning. future weather bringing that snow in by 5:00 6:00 a.m. spreading to the philadelphia area, by 7:00 8:00 in the morning. south jersey delaware you'll see most of this sticking to the roadway. maybe light snow showers. bill henley will be tracking it all in the morning. >>> thank you for joining us here tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow at 11:00. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ice-t -- andrew rannells --

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. >> reporter: deputy bethel wouldn't discuss specifics on gang investigations but he says police arentent on preventing violent gangs from getting a foot hold in any neighborhood. >> so we're really real really ram up our strategies and very strategic in going after those gangs to minimize the violence. >> that's all it takes. that's what sends them away for long time and that's how you get rid of them. >> reporter: federal authorities are closely tracking gangs drug violence, drugs and violence he can cues me, the city police are certain they can get crack down here and get the gang z off the street f they do emerge. they can continue to want to use tougher racketeering laws so they can get longer prison sentences against gang members. lucy? >> all right, thank you very much dave. >>> what is making students sick at one pennsylvania university? right now doctors are treating 42 students at east trades burg university for as of now a mystery virus. the first sick patients came in last night and doctors do not think it's food related. we received calls here at fox 29 from worried pare

the cities home to mother bethel african-american episcopal church which is oldest piece of real estateuntry continuously owned by african americans. >> that is real rich history in the area. >> to learn more about the richard allen museum, housed at the church, museum offers free tours tuesday through sunday, all of the information on our web site the at my fox philly.com. >> fascinating. >> all right. >> sue serio good morning at 5:45 on a cold tuesday. >> well, that might even be an under statement the the word cold. the here's what to expect this morning. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for black ice. nothing is falling from the sky anymore. it sure was yesterday at this time but a lot of refreezing. the wind gusting to 20 to 25 miles an hour this morning and that means frigid temperatures single digit wind chills out there. that can be dangerous if you are out for a long time. any exposed skinnies vulnerable to frostbite but up in the mountains we will show you those wind chills in the moment. these are actual temperatures teens and 20's around the region. wind speed ar

gilbert gonzalez bethel gonzales, and jorge gonzales they all died in a crash on southbound 101 just north of 680 parry @ this chp says the car hit two trees and then went into the embankment caught fire. it has not been determined whether drugs or alcohol were a factor. >>reporter: the words of a child molester with whispered into the ears of a eight year-old girl at this 99¢ stored happen on sunday. >>: daughter explained she was in the toy aisle issues playing around when a man approached our the man forced his hand down that child's pants and sexually assaulting the child. >>reporter: mom was shopping in the store distracted at the time this occurred. the discussion as he's likely an african or hispanic male about 18 to 20 years old. >>reporter: the incident itself was not caught on video but they may be able to identify the assailants from of video from the business. >>catherine: staffers found a bomb threat now at a grade school and san francisco ingleside heights neighborhood this morning. the know was found and hordes jose ortega elementary on sgt street. just before school s

so as we take a right, right here on bethel mill road you can see thinks the problem, if you are wakingp this morning, and you have to get from your house to a major, medium sized artery you will have a terrific amount of difficulty. look at that, if you don't have someone to come plow, shovel you have to do that as well. so this is washington township, and again, mike and alex, we have to say hi, marley she watches all the time and we love marley. >> kisses. >> thanks, marley. >> thanks, jen. >> so much love here. >> that is for sure. >> this is still a manageable storm though, it is slippery but it is manageable. >> we will get through with it. >> look at our snow globe isn't that nice it is nice. >> look at this, patty girl. >> how cute, vera from abington. >> hi vera. >> here's another, look at the black cat from craig allen black cat looking at the white now snow. >> sit a black cat the or a silhouette. >> maybe a a shadow. >> oh, the questions. [ leguizamo ] hey, i'm john leguizamo, and i love new york. why? i'll tell you why... 'cause every winter, my favorite thing to do is ski

but he was buried in columbia after a funeral at bethel church.fter the violence of 1870-71 or in the midst of continuing violence, republicans planned a monument to randolph. there was a dedication ceremony at what was then part of elmwood cemetery, in february of 1871, which was a major demonstration of interracial politics in columbia. it featured a parade with the militia, the highly controversial black militia. the randolph right. -- a variety of political dignitaries, black and white. elmwood cemetery sold the land to randolph cemetery to make randolph cemetery, which is a good, landscape example of the ways in which reconstruction created lasting black institutions. randolph is a reminder that columbia was not as violent as other places. political leaders stayed in columbia because it was safer here. it is not just that columbia was a safe haven, but there was a real moment of opportunity here. i want to give you two snapshots from the burning of columbia. first, a man named william legrand -- librant enlisted early in the war in a regiment