Remembering the Victims of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (PHOTOS)
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On Tuesday night, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church's senior pastor, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, was killed along with eight other victims by a white gunman who authorities identified as Dylann Storm Roof. Here, Pinckney speaks to those gathered during a Watch Night service on December 31, 2012. The Watch Night tradition at black churches goes back to "Freedom's Eve," on New Year's Eve 1862 when slaves, free blacks, and abolitionists gathered in churches and homes to wait for the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect on January 1, 1863.
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Doctor, 49, was a former director of Charleston County's Community Development Block Program. She retired in 2005.
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Coleman-Singleton was a speech therapist, a church pastor, and the coach of a local high school's girls' track and field team.
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Sanders, 26, was a recent graduate of Allen University, where he earned a degree in business administration.
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Hurd, 54, was the St. Andrews regional branch manager for the Charleston County Public Library system.
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