African American Baptisms

Postcards depicting “Negro Baptizing” at Helena (Phillips County); circa 1912.

Postcard depicting crowd of African-American men and women gathered at body of water watching a baptism

From the Black history photograph collection (BC.PHO.4), courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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