Creator

R. Lee Thomas

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Creation Date

10-9-1948

Description

Image of three rows of men and women sitting and standing in a church. Banner held by two men in the front row. Banner: BHAM ALA. OCT 9.48 REV A.J. JONES. Bottom of the banner is not visible behind the railing. Date: 10/9/1948. Photographer's assistant is visible on the left side of the picture. 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.

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