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Children in the group "Buds of Promise" from Mt. Zion AME Zion Church in Montgomery, Alabama, singing to Ethel Reynolds 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 on the far right. The image was 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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4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1967 December
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection

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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130