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University of West Georgia Director of Special Collections Blynne Olivieri talking with History Day participants while eating food prepared by the Antioch A.M.E. Church's all men's group, the Sons of Allen.

UWG Special Collections director Blynne Olivieri (left) and archivist Shanee' Murrain (right) led a fantastic workshop on preserving family and church records. Included in the workshop were important conversations about ownership of records and…

Dr. Larry Rivers from the University of West Georgia History Department gave the final talk about the history of the Antioch A.M.E. Church for History Day.

Dr. Larry Rivers of the UWG Department of History gave the keynote address on the history of the A.M.E. church, with a focus on Antioch's past. Participants reported they were "full of knowledge" after his talk.

University of West Georgia Public History Graduate Research Assistant Hannah Givens (left) and UWG Center for Public History volunteer Jackie Cain photographed items for the Antioch A.M.E. digital archive.

University of West Georgia Archivist Shanee' Murrain talks with a History Day participant about Antioch A.M.E. Church's history.

Antioch A.M.E. Church History Day planning committee member Tigner Rand (right) and church photographer William Thomas (left) on History Day.

Tigner Rand of Antioch A.M.E. Church talks with Edith Kelman of the Early Edgewood-Candler Park Biracial History Project in Atlanta. Kelman, with a group of neighborhood activists, has led a nine-year effort to document the African American history…

Mark Greenberg took this photograph of the 1995 Cornerstone for Antioch A.M.E. Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia during the History Day events.

Mark Greenberg took this photograph of the 1965 Cornerstone of Antioch A.M.E. Church originally in Decatur, Georgia.