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Church News: Antioch A.M.E. Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1938 February 11
This newspaper article from the Atlanta Daily World details a successful day of "reconstruction" at the Antioch A.M.E. Church in Decatur, Georgia in February 1938.
Flanagan Lauds The Negro Press, Atlanta, Georgia, 1964 March 14
This article discusses Antioch A.M.E. Church's minister, Rev. Thomas Jefferson Flanagan's special address on the National Negro Press and its immense contributions. His speech is transcribed in full in the article.
Photograph of University of West Georgia Special Collections director Blynne Olivieri and archivist Shanee' Murrain, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2016 July 16
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…
Photograph of University of West Georgia History Professor Dr. Larry Rivers, Stone Mountain Georgia, 2016 July 16
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.
Photograph of Member of the Sons of Allen making breakfast, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2016 July 16
The Antioch A.M.E. Church's men's group, the Sons of Allen, generously cooked a breakfast of fried fish and grits for the participants of History Day.
Photograph of Tigner Rand and Edith Kelman, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2016 July 16
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…
Photograph of Antioch A.M.E. Church members helping to digitize objects, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2016 July 16
Antioch A.M.E. Church members [from left to right] Shirley Vaughn, Meta Simon, and William Thomas donated items to be scanned into the archive. Jackie Cain, a University of West Georgia Center for Public History volunteer for Summer 2016, and Jennah…
Photograph of Sharon Youngblood with University of West Georgia Public History students, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2016 July 16
University of West Georgia Public History students talk with Sharon Youngblood, a long-time member of Antioch A.M.E. Church. Youngblood allowed students to scan a souvenir program of the 1960s church groundbreaking in its second locaiton in Downtown…
Photograph of Tigner Rand and William Thomas, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2016 July 16
Antioch A.M.E. Church History Day planning committee member Tigner Rand (right) and church photographer William Thomas (left) on History Day.
Photograph of University of West Georgia Center for Public History Graduate Research Assistant Hannah Givens and Center for Public History volunteer Jackie Cain, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2016 July 16
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.