Description

Photograph of the choir of the Church of God in Christ in Washington, D.C. singing during a worship service in 1942. The director stands facing the choir, all of whom wear white robes with dark bows at the neck and mortarboards. Each of the women holds a hymnal. An African American woman sits next to the choir director. She wears a dark dress and wide-brimmed hat.The largest black Pentecostal denomination in the United States, the Church of God in Christ began in Mississippi during the 1890s and by the 1920s had founded twenty-one congregations in Georgia.

Record Contributed By

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia