Charleston Church Reopens

A crowd maintains Vigil outside of Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)

Police officers are seen at the entrance of Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)

A makeshift cross with commmorative messages is seen near Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)

Mourners lay flowers outside of outside of Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)

 

A group sings outside of Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)

Signatures are seen on a 'Charleston United' board outside of Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)

Church members at the Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)

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)

The organ at the Emanuel AME Church, Charleson, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Amanda Scott/VOA)

Crowds gather outside the Emanuel AME Church during its first service since a deadly shooting there, Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)

People gather ahead of worship services at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)

Crowds on the front steps of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)

A prayer left among the flowers outside Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)

People gather to pray in a park in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)

People stop to listen as church bells ring out across Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. (Jerome Socolovsky/VOA)