Rev. Dr. Juel P. Borders-Benson, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. William Holmes Borders, Sr. from Wheat Street Baptist Church
This week on The Local Take, we join forces with PBS to support the premiere of their documentary The Black Church. I reached out to Wheat Street Baptist Church, which began in 1869. This church was led by the late Rev. Dr. Williams Holmes Borders, Sr.. I speak with his daughter Rev. Dr. Juel Borders-Benson, who grew up in the historic Wheat Street Baptist Church.
I ask her about her relationship with the church, she speaks about her family moving to Atlanta from Evanston, IL in 1937. She speaks about the church being a place where planning and strategy was mapped out. She mentions that our strongest civic leaders were born in The Black Church and that the church was a refuge for those that wanted to be free. She spoke about a documentary on the church that chronicled the church s life between 1937 and 1982. I ask her about the building and the