1940-1961MINORITIES
A TRIBUTE TO REVEREND CHARLES HARRISON MASON SR. ON HIS DEATH AT AGE 99
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NEON MARQUEE FOR CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IN TENNESSEE
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REVEREND CHARLES HARRISON MASON SR. AT THE GOSPEL CONVENTION PREACHING IN CHURCH IN MEMPHIS
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OLD 3 STORY FRAME HOUSE WHERE MASON ORGANIZED THE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IN 1907.
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MONTAGE - VARIOUS MODERN BUILDINGS, A LARGE MODERN TRAILER AS WELL AS AN ULTRA MODERN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ALL NOW OF HIS MORE THAN 1 MILLION MEMBER CHURCH.
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SIGN ON BUILDING, "GET YOUR SUNDAY SCHOOL LITERATURE AND OTHER BIBLE BOOKS TODAY.
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STREET SIGN "MASON STREET" CARRIES THE NAME OF THE LAYE FOUNDER.
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BLACK FEMALE IN ROBES STANDS AT PULPIT AND LEADS THE TENNESSEE STATE CHOIR IN SINGING HYMNS IN TRIBUTE TO THE LATE FOUNDER, CHARLES HARRISON MASON.. PAN LARGE CHOIR IN SONG..
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VOICE OVER: "THE INVITATION IS BY BISHOP B. M. BARKER". BISHOP BARKER GIVES LENGTHY SERMON IN PRAISE OF LATE FOUNDER. VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE SEATED CONGREGATION, MANY FANNING THEMSELVES AS THEY LISTEN TO SERMON.
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YOUNG BLACK GIRL WITH BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL VOICE, SINGS HYMN AS CHOIR IN B/G, LED BY WOMAN IN ROBE, CONDUCTS THEM. WELL-DRESSED BLACK LEADERS LOOK ON. ABOVE PAN HUGE AUDIENCE.
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ELDERLY LEADER TAKES PODIUM AND SPEAKS IN PRAISE OF THE LATE LEADER AND FOUNDER, CHARLES HARRISON MASON.
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MOTHER IDA BAKER . IS INTRODUCED, SHE SPEAKS OF ROLL OF WOMEN IN THE CONGREGATION. ABOVE PAN AUDIENCE AND SEVERAL WELL-DRESSED ELDERS. SHE POINTS TO HER MOTHER IN AUDIENCE. CU HER MOTHER ?
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BISHOP BAKER (?) TAKES TO PODIUM AND SPEAKS OF THE OLD DAYS.
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ANOTHER ELDERLY PREACHER TAKES THE PULPIT, SPEAKS OF BISHOP MASON WHEN HE (MASON) WAS A YOUNG MAN, PRAISES HIM. AUDIENCE RESPONDS. SHOTS OF AUDIENCE.
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VARIOUS SHOTS STILL ANOTHER ELDERLY BISHOP SPEAKING IN PRAISE OF BISHOP BAKER. " I SAID WHEN HE LIVED, HE WAS THE GREATEST PREACHER IN THE WORLD,. "HE IS GONE NOW AND I'M SAYING, HE IS THE GREATEST PREACHER THAT LIVED WHILE LEAVING IT".
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REVEREND SHIPMAN AND SEVERAL OTHER ELDERLY PREACHERS TAKE TO THE PULPIT AND ADD THEIR PRAISE OF THE LATE FOUNDER. VARIOUS SHOTS OF AUDIENCE.
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WOMAN TAKES TO THE PULPIT, TELLS HER STORY AND EXPERIENCE WITH REVEREND CHARLES HARRISON MASON. "THE BEST FRIEND I EVER HAD WAS BISHOP CHARLES HARRISON MASON". HE BELIEVED IN ME WHEN I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MYSELF......".
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ANOTHER MALE SPEAKER DRIES HIS TEARS WITH A HANDKERCHIEF AS HE SPEAKS. HE IS FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL OTHER MALE AND FEMALE PARISHIONERS AND LEADERS WHO SPEAK PASSIONATELY OF THE LATE BISHOP..
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SPEAKER TELLS OF TELEGRAM FROM PRESIDENT J. F. KENNEDY TO BISHOP MASON'S WIFE, WHICH EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND. VOICE OVER, "IN ADDITION TO MESSAGES FROM HIGH OFFICIALS, THOUSANDS OF TELEGRAMS AND CONDOLENCES FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WERE ACKNOWLEDGED".
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SPEAKER AFTER MALE SPEAKERS INCLUDING A FEMALE SPEAKER, TEL OF THEIR MEMORIES OF THE LATE FOUNDER.
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BLACK FEMALE SINGER WITH POWERFUL VOICE, SINGS HYMN, ACCOMPANIED BY CHOIR IN B/G WHO SING AND CLAP HANDS AS THEY SING. PAN VARIOUS SHOTS OF ANIMATED LARGE CHOIR.
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BISHOP COLE (?) T. JONES WHO TAKES PODIUM AND MAKES DYNAMIC SPEECH ON BEHALF OF THE LATE FOUNDER, GETTING MANY RESPONSES FROM THE AUDIENCE..
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BISHOP COLE'S VOICE BECOMES MORE INTENSE,, RASPY,, GETTING MANY REPLIES FROM AUDIENCE. AT ONE POINT CALLING OUT, WOOEEEE. FOLLOWED BY MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE CONGREGATION.
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BISHOP COLE GETS SO INTENSE THAT HE ENDS EACH PHRASE WITH A MUSICAL REFRAIN, FURTHER EXITING HIS AUDIENCE. SINGING AND SHOUTING OUT HIS WORDS OF PRAISE.
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VOICE OVER ". .... THE DEATH OF A SAINT ID THE BEGINNING OF LIFE....."".".....BISHOP MASON WILL FOREVER LIVE IN OUR HEARTS'.
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