A reconstruction of an African American praise house sits for now in the grassy field at the corner of Trinity Place and Commerce Drive.
Archival photographs of life in the historically Black Beacon Hill neighborhood are projected on the walls and recorded music evokes the combined hymn, prayer and dance that such buildings were meant for: the ring shout.
For the May 4 opening during the Decatur Arts Festival, visitors were invited by the lively drummers of Giwayen Mata to dance, clap and come on in.
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