Object Details
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Collection Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Citation
The Early Black Church as a Social Institution, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Historian Ed Smith explained the historical role of the black church in America, particularly the significant role of churches in African American communities. His talk focused on the early black church as a social institution in regards to educational, economical, political, and cultural spheres.
Lecture. Audio only. Related to the exhibition 'The Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877.' Dated 19880627.
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General
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Place
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Topic
African Americans
Churches
African American churches
Church history
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
See more items in
Climbing Jacob's Ladder: the Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American cities, 1740 - 1877 Exhibition Records
Climbing Jacob's Ladder: the Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American cities, 1740 - 1877 Exhibition Records / Series 3: Audiovisual records
Biographical / Historical
'The Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877' exhibition explored the growth and central role of African American churches during the 18th- and 19th-centuries in the eastern United States: Boston, Savannah, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond. The exhibition was organized by the Anacostia Museum and held there from October 1987 to October 1988.
Extent
1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
Date
1988
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.03-036, Item ACMA AV001351_A
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Note
004652
Series Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at ACMarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.03-036_ref891
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ACMA.03-036
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1554838816046-1554838816051-2