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This digital article in the DeKalb Neighbor gives information about Antioch A.M.E. Church, originally in Decatur, and the different events happening during Antioch A.M.E. Church's History Day event in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

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…

This newspaper article from the Dekalb News Sun discusses Mother Hannah Burnett and how her church remained significant to the culture of Decatur 66 years after its founding.

Framed souvenir ground-breaking photograph with signatures of Annie L. Chewing and Dr. Thomas Jefferson Flanagan. Eula Youngblood is third from left, and young Calvin Youngblood is behind Leonetta Sparks Youngblood in the center of the photograph.

The Georgia Humanities website posted information about the Antioch A.M.E. Church's History Day event. The posting gives a schedule of speakers and workshops on collecting Antioch A.M.E. history and preserving personal history as well.

Mark Greenberg took this photograph of the 1933 Cornerstone of the Antioch A.M.E. Church that was in Decatur, Georgia.

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