Emancipation Day Services Held

Title: Emancipation Day Services Held
Is part of: Hamilton Evening Journal
Publisher: Journal Pub. Co.
Place: Hamilton, OH
Date: 02 Jan 1930
Language: English
Temporal coverage: Jan 1930
Description: An excerpt from the article, "Several hundred colored persons of the city met in celebration New Year's Day by an Emancipation Day program at the Second Baptist church, Wednesday morning at 11 'o clock. Rev. E. J. Liggins, of the Payne A.M.E. church, led in the services. Members of the congregation who were born in slavery and who remembered clearly the conditions existing before the Civil War, spoke, telling of their deep gratitude for liberty and equal rights. Those who spoke were Zack Chambers who is 76 years of age, Rev. J.L. Francis born in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1862, pastor of the Second Baptist church; Mrs. Margaret Craif, born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, and Mrs. Fannie Bryant, born in Francisville, Boone County, Kentucky. Miss Mildred Conway played for the services [...]"; Accessed online at Newspapers.com
Related resource: https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/ohio/hamilton/hamilton-evening-journal/1930/01-02/page-4

Media: Emancipation Day Services Held. Hamilton Evening Journal. Jan 2 1930.jpg

Filter by resource type and property:

Items with "Source(s): Emancipation Day Services Held"
Title	Class
Bryant, Fanny Carneal	Person