Charles Manuel Grace photograph album, 1959.

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Charles Manuel Grace photograph album, 1959.

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This collection consists of one photograph album containing 18 images from the last baptismal ritual conducted by "Daddy" Grace in Savannah, Georgia in September 1959. The photographs were taken by Andrew J. Hickman, chief photographer for the Savannah News Press. Many of the images appear in the January 17, 1960 issue of the Savannah Morning News Magazine, a copy of which is in the front of this album.

1 volume (.05 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7535245

Georgia Historical Society

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Hickman, Andrew James

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Grace, Charles Manuel, 1881-1960.

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Charles Manuel Grace, "Daddy" Grace to his followers, was born in the Cape Verde Islands in 1881. He came to the United States in 1903 and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Grace began his first church, known as the House of Prayer, in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1926. Over the next 33 years he organized 350 such places all over the country. The Savannah, Georgia House of Prayer was located at 643 W. 34th Street. Daddy Grace died on January 11, 1960 in Los Angles, California a...

Grace, Daddy, 1882?-1960

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Charles Manual "Sweet Daddy" Grace (1881-1960), evangelist and founder of the United House of Prayer for all People. From the description of Daddy Grace collection, 1953-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79463071 ...

United House of Prayer for All People

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The United House of Prayer for All People is a Church founded from the Pentecostal movement by Charles Manuel Grace (Marcelino Manuel da Graca) (1882?-1960), who proclaimed himself as "Bishop" in 1919. Marcelino Manuel da Graca was born in Brava Verde in the Cape Verde Islands. C. M. Grace was known as Sweet Daddy Grace. Following his death in 1960, Walter McCollough assumed the position of Bishop. He died in 1991 after which the current Bishop S.C. Madison assumed the role of Church leader. In ...