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Circa Date
1946-49
Description
Image of for rows of men sitting and standing in a meeting room. Front row are holding a fabric banner, staffs, and a photograph. Banner: PEACE & UNITY LODGE NO.711 A.F. & A.M. REVISED OCT.31 1944 PRINCE HALL AFFILIATION BRO. JAS. W COLEMAN W.M. BIRMINGHAM ALA. No date given. 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.
Rights Statement
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Keywords
Eartha M.M. White Collection; Thomas, R. Lee (Photographer) -- Photograph collections; African American photographers -- Mississippi -- Mound Bayou -- History -- 20th century – Archives; Photographers; Black -- Mississippi -- Mound Bayou -- History -- 20th century – Archives; Freemasons. Peace & Unity Lodge No. 711 (Birmingham, Ala.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge (Ala.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African American freemasons -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African Americans -- Alabama -- Birmingham – Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; images