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Creation Date
11-27-1948
Description
Image of four rows of men and women sitting and standing in a church. Banner on the railing in front. Banner: 42ND AN. SESS. WEST FLA. CONF. A.M.E. CHURCH MARIANNA NOV. 27. 48. BISHOP JA GREGG PRESIDING - REV. E. HOLLEY HOST. P.E. - REV N. LEATH PASTOR - REV. R.C. SNELLING. SECY. Date 11/24/1948. 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, 42nd Annual Session West Florida Conference - A.M.E. Church Marianna" (1948). Photographs by R. Lee Thomas. 167.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/rthomas/167
Rights Statement
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