Crowds gathered at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church for the first worship service at the historic African American church since a white gunman killed nine black people at Bible study group there last week.
ໂບດ Emanuel AME ຂອງເມືອງ Charleston ເປີດຄືນແລ້ວ
![Church members wait for services to begin at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/913ede55-68cf-4121-a54f-006ecee8c044_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Church members wait for services to begin at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)
![A police officer stands guard as church members wait for services to begin at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/b0542b42-b226-40bb-8b3c-1828f99c2a87_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer stands guard as church members wait for services to begin at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)
![The organ at the Emanuel AME Church, Charleson, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f66d56b2-5900-4b34-9bc1-2c1804a6b327_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The organ at the Emanuel AME Church, Charleson, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)
![People gather ahead of worship services at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/087a324f-3677-454f-a327-77191359131f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather ahead of worship services at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)