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In this church service program, Antioch A.M.E. Church provides information on and a schedule of the events being held on August 30, 1964. The program also includes information about the history of the church, announcements, hymns, and mentions the…

Souvenir program of the Atlanta Georgia Annual Conference of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church held at Antioch A.M.E. Church in 1958. The program includes the church officials presiding over the conference, a…

Newspaper article from the DeKalb New Era about Antioch A.M.E. Church moving the 87 year old bell to the new building to celebrate the nation's bicentennial. Black and white photographs depict the church members moving the bell and Mrs. Lena Kemp…

Newspaper article from the DeKalb New Era discussing the relocation of Antioch A.M.E. Church's bell for the nation's bicentennial. The piece includes a black and white photograph of an Antioch A.M.E. Church member moving the bell.

Newspaper article from the DeKalb News Sun about Maggie Randolph, who had early ties to Antioch A.M.E. Church. Ms. Randolph had ties to the Chewning, Fowler, Washington, and Hunter families, all who have been in the church for five generations.

Newspaper article from the DeKalb News Sun about Antioch A.M.E. Church's bell being moved to the new church building for the nation's bicentennial. Fran Fossett, the journalist, notes that the crowd size of Antioch A.M.E. Church has significantly…

In this handwritten account, Lena Harper tells the history of Antioch A.M.E. Church as of July 14, 1957. Harper writes that Antioch A.M.E. Church began in 1868. at the end of the Civil War and beginning of Reconstruction in the South. With no…

In this handwritten account, Lena Harper tells the history of Antioch A.M.E. Church as of July 1961. Harper writes that Antioch A.M.E. Church began in 1898, at the end of the Civil War and beginning of Reconstruction in the South. With no building to…

In this handwritten account, Lena Harper tells the history of Antioch A.M.E. Church as of July 10, 1977. The church began in 1868 and practiced in the home of Mrs. Lou Bratcher. the first church raised $400 in the first rally, and the new Antioch…