The Robesonian, 2 January 1919.
Rev. Spurgeon D. Davis, pastor of First Baptist (now Jackson Chapel First Missionary Baptist) church of Wilson, was the keynote speaker at the town of Lumberton’s 1919 Emancipation Day festivities.
The Robesonian, 2 January 1919.
Rev. Spurgeon D. Davis, pastor of First Baptist (now Jackson Chapel First Missionary Baptist) church of Wilson, was the keynote speaker at the town of Lumberton’s 1919 Emancipation Day festivities.
Love this! As I read this, I wondered if my maternal grandmother may have been in attendance. Then, I noticed the year was 1919–a year after she was born. Then, I wondered if my maternal great grandparents or other relatives who were born in Lumberton and Rowland, NC might have attended that momentous event.
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