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Box 1

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Contains 5 Results:

Brief Histories of the First African Baptist Church by Bob Lee, Wanda Yancey and Lawrence McKinney

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Scope and Contents

Also contains brochures regarding the church and its museum as well as a calendar with biographical information of the pastors.

Dates: undated

Minutes of the Annual Sessions of the Zion Baptist Associations, 1871-1872 and 1874

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Scope and Contents

Photocopies contains information regarding black churches throughout the Savannah area.

Dates: 1871-1921

Anniversary Program of First African Baptist Church, 1981

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Scope and Contents

Includes list of officers, members and various church organizations; also church and NAACP donation envelopes, circa 1940s.

Dates: 1940s-1981

Booklet of Essays The Impact of the Black Church on the Educational and Cultural Lifestyles of Local Communities in Savannah, Georgia, undated

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Scope and Contents

Delivered at a conference held at the First African Baptist Church with topics on the history of the First African Baptist, black education in Savannah, Catholicism among the black community, and black women in the church. Churches discussed at the conference include West Broad Street Seventh Day Adventist, St. Philip African Methodist Episcopal, First Congregational, Tremont Temple Baptist, Asbury United Methodist, Butler Presbyterian and Beth-Eden Baptist.

Dates: 1940s-1981