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Today it is a Boston African American National Historic Site frequented by about three school groups a day, according to Park Ranger, tour guide and Suffolk College Law School student Aaron D. Snipe, who took a break this week to discuss the church's rich history...
...Snipe said that, in contrast to Beacon Hill's Brahmin-society image, the area's north side has historically been home to less-privileged minorities, since land here was long considered undesirable...
Pinckney Street separated Beacon Hill's exclusive south side from its north, and also divided Boston's whites from its blacks during the 1900s, said Snipe, leaning against a piano in what was an empty church meeting room on a rainy Monday afternoon...
Because blacks were not allowed in Faneuil Hall during the 19th century, the African Meeting House served as a site of congregation for Boston's black population and became known as the Black Faneuil Hall, said Snipe...
...Snipe said that the change in denomination was a fairly commonplace occurrence that reflected Boston's diverse population...