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Carter Temple C. M. E. Church archives

Carter Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal church was founded in 1921. Carrie McMorris, a longtime member of the congregation, donated this collection.

First Church of Deliverance photographs

Includes photographs related to the First Church of Deliverance, an African American church with at least two locations at 4633 South State Street and 3363 South Indiana Avenue in Chicago (Ill.). Primarily includes portraits of people associated with the church, including Reverends Clarence H. Cobbs and Mattye B. Thornton, and Edward Bolden, Harold Caldwell, Frances Hutto, and Ralph GoodPasteur. Also

Grace Presbyterian Church Slide Set

The Grace Presbyterian Church Slide Set includes images of the church and congregation of Grace Presbyterian Church, located at 3600 South Vincennes Avenue in Chicago (Ill.). The set was compiled in 1988 to accompany a typescript history of the church, titled Celebrate the Journey, in celebration of its centennial. 35mm slides.

Olivet Baptist Church Photograph Collection

Olivet Baptist was known as the world's largest Protestant congregation during the pastorates of Drs. L.K. Williams (1916-1940 )and J.H. Jackson (1941-1990), who also served as presidents of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. (NBC), which was known as the world's largest organization of African Americans. Jackson was an outspoken conservative leader during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and

Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church archives

The oldest African American congregation in Chicago, Quinn Chapel A.M.E. was founded in 1844.

St. Edmund's Episcopal Church archives

The Church of St. Edmund, King and Martyr was founded in 1909, and is one of the oldest predominantly African American Episcopalian churches in Chicago.