Church
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was located in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. This was a church that African Americans attended. This Church is the oldest AME church in the South.
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Rev. Clementa Pinckney Was very honorable and was the beloved and well-respected pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pinckney, 41, served God and the people as a pastor for 23 years and a South Carolina legislator for 19. | Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor was “always a warm and enthusiastic leader” who was an admissions coordinator at the Charleston learning center of Southern Wesleyan University. "DePayne truly believed in the mission of SWU to help students achieve their potential by connecting faith with learning," university President Todd Voss said. Middleton-Doctor was also an alumna of the school, having received a master’s in management in 1994. | Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr. Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr. was on the staff at Emanuel AME and regularly attended the Wednesday night Bible study sessions. The 74-year-old survived the initial shooting at the church, but died during surgery. Earlier in his career, Simmons served at Greater Zion AME Church in Awendaw, just northeast of Charleston. |
Rev. Clementa Pinckney
Was very honorable and was the beloved and well-respected pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pinckney, 41, served God and the people as a pastor for 23 years and a South Carolina legislator for 19.
Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor
Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor was “always a warm and enthusiastic leader” who was an admissions coordinator at the Charleston learning center of Southern Wesleyan University. "DePayne truly believed in the mission of SWU to help students achieve their potential by connecting faith with learning," university President Todd Voss said. Middleton-Doctor was also an alumna of the school, having received a master’s in management in 1994.
Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr.
Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr. was on the staff at Emanuel AME and regularly attended the Wednesday night Bible study sessions. The 74-year-old survived the initial shooting at the church, but died during surgery. Earlier in his career, Simmons served at Greater Zion AME Church in Awendaw, just northeast of Charleston.
What was his mindset?
Dylan Storm is a 22 year old man, who was the shooter of this brutal event. There will never be a clear understanding to why he did what he did. All that is explained is that he felt that African Americans never held the value to life that whites did. He felt as if Negros are stupid and violent, but at the same time have the capacity to be very slick with what they do. He wanted an end to it.
Why does this deserve Recognition?
The Charleston shooting deserves recognition because Nine innocent people lost their lives that day because the color of their skin. Racism is a huge problem that needs to stop because it leads to things such as this that no one deserves. The people who died were A huge factor in their church community & no one deserved to lose them, nor did they deserve to lose their lives. This was such a selfish thing for Dylan to do, because he felt threatened by blacks, wand that is simply not a reason to go and kill. Now not only do the families of the people who were killed have to live without them everyday, but the actual people who are gone will never get to live to the full potential that they had.