The Vanita E. Crawford Antioch Baptist Church Collection 1940-1969.

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The Vanita E. Crawford Antioch Baptist Church Collection 1940-1969.

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This collection provides researchers with a good cross-section of historical materials, including correspondence, photographs, press clippings and organizational records which will be of special value to those with an interest in black history, as well as women's history and the history of religion in Houston.

1.0 linear feet : including 2 document boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7957779

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Antioch Baptist Church (Houston, Tex.)

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Crawford, Vanita E.

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Mrs. Vanita Crawford, born in Washington, Texas, in 1900, moved to Houston in 1911 and became a member of the city's oldest surviving black church, Antioch Baptist, two years later. In the decades that followed she was a leader in many church activities, most importantly as the President of the Mission Society from the 1940s until the 1960s. She was also active in the Band organizations of the church, whose membership was initially limited to women but later opened to men as well. Band members v...

National Baptist Convention of America

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