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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 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…

David Rotenstein created a posting on his blog, History Sidebar, about the upcoming Antioch A.M.E. Church's History Day event in 2016. Rotenstein previously visited the Decatur site of the original Antioch A.M.E. Church, and his posts can also be…

In this article, A. A. Hightower discusses the meeting of the Atlanta District Sunday School A. C. E. League and W.H. and F.M. Society at Antioch A.M.E. Church in Decatur, Georgia. The meeting featured many prominent religious and educational Georgia…

In this newspaper article, Gayle White writes that Antioch A.M.E. Church's Bishop John Hurst Adams is being transferred to South Carolina, and Bishop Donald G. Ming will take his place.

This newspaper article discusses the 200th anniversary of Richard Allen breaking from a white church to form the Antioch A.M.E. Church. The article includes a quote from Philadelphia's first African American mayor, W. Wilson Goode who notes that…

An oral history with Calvin Washington on January 21, 2018, at Antioch A.M.E. Church. Historians Julia Brock and Robin Morris conducted the interview. Washington describes his childhood in Decatur, Georgia; his family's history at Antioch A.M.E.;…

Award certificate for Mrs. Barbara Lowe by the Young People's Department of Antioch A.M.E. Church on June 30, 1978. The award is signed by Rev. E. Adams Jr. The award certificate is printed by Standard Publishing out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Certificate of The Daily Vacation Bible School of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga. for Barbara Ann Harper on June 10, 1948.

Certificate of The Daily Vacation Bible School of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga. for Shirley Ann Harper on June 10, 1948.