Black and white photograph of participants in a fundraising competition for Antioch A.M.E. Church, taken around 1957. Whoever sold the most items was crowned the queen. Top [left to right]: Dorothy Sheffield, Cynthia Brown, Pat Stephens, Lena Harper,…
Black and white photograph of female ushers standing in front of a sign at the Antioch A.M.E. Church, taken circa 1980. Standing in the back row [from right to left] are Louis Carten, Lily Griffith, Elizabeth Simon, and Addie Moore. Standing in the…
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.