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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tiffany Stanley

This Black church sued the Proud Boys and won its trademark, carrying on a civil rights legacy

Black Church Proud Boys Trademark - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to American presidents and civil rights icons.

It made history again this year: Thanks to a lawsuit, Metropolitan AME now controls the trademark to the Proud Boys, the far-right group that once vandalized the church’s property in Washington.

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