African American religious leaders

Scope and Contents This four-page leaflet, published circa 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, introduces Reverend I.B. Perry, then pastor of both Lilly Missionary Baptist Church (Brummit Heights) and Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church (Leeds, Alabama). It includes three photographic portraits: Rev. Perry, his wife, and their young son, along with their home address in Birmingham. The fourth page prints a full version of the "Church Covenant," a common doctrinal and behavioral guide shared among Baptist...