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South Carolina's Mother Emanuel AME Church opens memorial honouring nine members killed in 2015

Updated On: 15 November, 2026 08:06 AM IST | Charleston | Agencies

The grand-daughter of one of the victims, Alana Grant, entered the basement of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church in the American south, the place where her grandfather, the Rev. Daniel Lee Simmons, attended his final Bible study

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Memorial at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Pic/Instagram@motheremanuel_ame_official

Memorial at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Pic/Instagram@motheremanuel_ame_official

The long-planned memorial for the “Emanuel Nine,” was made open to the public at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, honouring the black churchgoers killed by an avowed white supremacist in 2015.

Mother Emanuel AME Church honouring the black churchgoers killed in shooting. Pic/X@PMorris185Mother Emanuel AME Church honouring the black churchgoers killed in shooting. Pic/X@PMorris185

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