Children in the group "Buds of Promise" from Mt. Zion AME Zion Church in Montgomery, Alabama, singing to an elderly woman in her home.
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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Peppler, Jim
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The group was led by Mrs. Bertha D. Howard; they sang Christmas carols in the homes of nine ill or shut-in people the day this photograph was shot. Mrs. Howard's daughter, Southern Courier staffer Barbara Howard Flowers, is singing in the background. The image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "Black Christmas," which appeared on pages 2 and 3 of The Southern Courier for December 30-31, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No53_1967_12_30.pdf
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1967 December
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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130Keywords
- African Americans
- Battle, Wanda Howard
- Braye, Rubye Howard
- Children
- Haley, Felise Howard
- Handy, Victoria
- Harris, Wilhelmina Howard
- Howard Bray, Bertha Davis, 1925 2004
- Howard, Levetia
- Montgomery (Ala.)
- Montgomery County (Ala.)
- Music
- Smith, Frederick
- Smith, Richard
- Washington, Athena
- Washington, Cassandra
- Washington, Miriam