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African Americans -- Rites and ceremonies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Tracy Mathewson and Walter Winn photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS430
Scope and Contents This collection contains images of infantry training and facilities at Camp Gordon in DeKalb County, Georgia, during World War I. Other highlights include sports figures, such as Georgia-born baseball players Ty Cobb, Absalom and Ivey Wingo, and John Rucker. Also included are images of an African American baptisimal ceremony in Jonesboro, Georgia, and portraits of Moina Bell Michael, a professor at Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, who conceived of the idea of using poppies to commemorate World...
Dates: 1861-approximately 1940s