Subject: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Genre: photographs / Resource Type: still image / Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection / Names: First African Methodist Episcopal Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Two plaques at the site of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church building at 8th St. and Towne Ave. with a pictorial image of the church building, and providing a brief history of the A.M.E. and the church's designation as a Los Angeles cultural heritage landmark, and information about the ministers of the church at that time.
Date:: December, 13, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:: December 13, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: African American man and woman standing at the altar in wedding attire, probably at the 1st A.M.E. Church.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Nineteen African American women and three men stand in a semi-circle around a plaque dedicating First African Methodist Episcopal Church as a cultural heritage landmark. The street is visible in the background with cars and store fronts.
Date:: December 13, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Miriam Matthews, sister of businesswoman Ella Matthews and lawyer Charles Matthews, was hired in 1927 as the first African American librarian in the Los Angeles Public Library. Matthews was also a civil rights activist, historian, and collector of African American art and primary source materials.
Date:: December, 13, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: View of delegates attending the African Methodist Episcopal Church Conference at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: May 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: View of delegates attending the African Methodist Episcopal Church Conference at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: May 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:: December, 13, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Exterior view of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, the 1902 building located at Towne and 8th St., a Gothic revival style building with a large tower.
Date:: [1950-1980]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Group portrait of the congregation on the front stairs of the First A.M.E. Church (312 Azusa St.).
Date:: [between 1880-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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