First Suburban A.M.E. Church ID: 6054 | This file appears in: Christ Our Redeemer A.M.E. Church To listen to this audio please consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 audio Rev. Melvin Blackwell observes that Cleveland A.M.E. leaders saw the need for a suburban church to reach African Americans living in the suburbs who otherwise had to make long drives into the city. | Source: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection Download Original File SourceCleveland Regional Oral History CollectionRelation“Melvin Blackwell Interview, 18 September 2013,” Cleveland Voices, clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2276 "First Suburban A.M.E. Church " appears in: Christ Our Redeemer A.M.E. Church