Photograph: Group Portrait, New Baptist Church

Creator

R. Lee Thomas

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Creation Date

10-2-1948

Description

Image of two rows of men and women sitting and standing in a church. People on the right are holding a banner. Banner: B’HAM ALA OCT 2 48 REV. H. STONE NEW HOPE BAPT. One of 156 black and white photographs by R. Lee Thomas, an African American photographer active in the early twentieth century in the southern United States. Thomas’ work provides photographic documentation of southern black social life, primarily religious and labor groups, circa 1946-1949. The majority of the photographs depict groups from Birmingham, Alabama, and adjacent areas. His imprint contains the caption: Made by R. Lee Thomas, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, The Oldest Negro Town in America.

Recommended Citation

Thomas, R. Lee, "Photograph: Group Portrait, New Baptist Church" (1948). Photographs by R. Lee Thomas. 132.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/rthomas/132

Rights Statement

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