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Photographs from the Puckett Collection: Mississippi river baptism

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Puckett, Newbell Niles

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Sociologist Newbell Niles Puckett studied the lives and culture of African Americans living in the southern United States, with an emphasis on religious and folk beliefs. He documented with photographs many scenes of river baptisms in his native Mississippi.
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Cleveland Public Library

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Ohio Digital Network

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Baptism
  3. Mississippi
  4. Photographs
  5. Religion
  6. Religious Life And Customs
  7. Southern States

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