Wilson Daily Times, 24 December 1932.
White and colored will celebrate the birth of the Savior.
choir
Saint John choir presents a recital.
Wilson Daily Times, 9 November 1935.
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- Saint John A.M.E. Zion
- Elfreda Sandifer — Sandifer was a Gaston County native who migrated to New York City, where she worked as a music teacher.
- Hartford Bess
Sacred cantata to be performed New Year’s Day.
Wilson Daily Times, 31 December 1921.
- Tabernacle Baptist Church
- Globe theatre
- A.L.E. Weeks — Alfred L.E. Weeks.
- J.T. Cook — probably, Jerry L. Cook.
Handel chorus and a cappella choir to perform.
Wilson Daily Times, 20 December 1940.
- Ritz Theatre
- Booker T. Washington High School — Rocky Mount, N.C.’s African-American high school.
- A. & T. A Cappella Choir — Warner Lawson Sr. would soon leave N.C. State A. & T. University for Howard University, where he reached his greatest acclaim as its Dean of Music.
- Handel Chorus — Hartford E. Bess.
The Jackson Chapel choir.
In about August 1946, Charles Raines and/or Guy Cox visited Jackson Chapel First Missionary Baptist to photograph its choir. Recognize anyone?
Many thanks to John Teel for sharing this image from the Raines & Cox collection of photographs at the North Carolina State Archives. It is catalogued as PhC_196_CW_177H_BaptistChurch.
A lamp explodes and — panic!
In which Rev. Fred M. Davis offers a dramatic telling of a lamp explosion during services at First Missionary Baptist Church. (With an appeal for donations tacked on.)
Raleigh Times, 12 July 1905.