1940-1944RELIGION
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FEATHERSTON TEMPLE. MARCH 1943. KIDS WAVE. |
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SLOW MS PAN OF RURAL MEMPHIS STREET AND AFRICAN AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH, WELL DRESSED BLACK MEN IN ROBES WALK TOWARDS CAMERA, ENTIRE CHURCH CONGREGATION IN ROBES AND WELL DRESSED SUNDAY CLOTHES WALK TOWARDS CAMERA. ENTIRE CHURCH CONGREGATION WALKS OUT OF CHURCH AND TOWARDS CAMERA
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WS OF RURAL BLACK SOUTHERN CHURCH
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CHURCH CONGREGATION SLOWLY WALK OUT OF RURl church and towards camera , church elders first followed by women in graduation caps and robes followed by entire church congregation
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church congregation leave old rural wooden chuck and enter new brick church building
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ws new brick pillared church in Memphis
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church congregation walk toward camera, all dressed in their best Sunday clothing
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entire congregation of rural Memphis Baptist black church pose in front of church , wave towards camera
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church elders pose on front steps of white brick church building , congregation leaves church towards camera
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ms rural wooden African American baptist church, likely in Memphis Tennessee , CU church sign and info in front of church
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construction of new black church in Memphis , congregation walks out of rural church, pass bi in ms entire congregatiopn of black baptists, they leave old church and enter new church building
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shot of poster for church meeting : " Mass Meeting, sunday Sept 27, 1942 Rev Thomas, H. Shelby Jr.
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Ws ofBabtost church, congregation leaves brick church walking towards camera
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congregation enters rural southern church (LS) , ms of church congregation walking out of church and possing for movie camera in front
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group of well dressed African-American boys pose for movie camera
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-ROLL #57
GRASSY LOT. FUTURE SITE OF BAPTIST CHURCH. PEOPLE IN LINE WALKING DOWN SMALL TOWN ROAD. GROUND BREAKING. MAN WITH SHOVEL DIGS HOLE. MAN ON BICYCLE. CUTE LITTLE BLACK CHILDREN. |
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Black church congregation walks out of church after Sunday services
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WS rural Memphis street, mid-1940s
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group of African americans leaving church heading into the woods for symbolic breaking ground for new church, old man digs first shovel where church will be built, congregation looks on
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WS Rural Memphis church
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congregation exits church, church with brick facade
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African American parade looks like ELKS parade in rural Southern town , all men with bibs ( like Masons) followed by Black Church Ladies in white dresses, then the general church congregation - all enter church
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WS top of church-
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church congregation slowly walks out of church after Sunday services
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WS rural wooden southern African American church , congregation exists church after Sunday services
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Memphis street scene - black man on bicycle rides by, people on sidewalk waving to camera, rural street scene , people pose for camera , church congregation, young and old pose for camera in their Sunday best
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WS small town church , congregation exists and walks towards camera
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black after church activities, congregation on steps of church after services , streets scenes after church, small southern city, African-American community, neighborhood
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