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Martha Yates Jones and Pinkie Yates in a Decorated Buggy for Juneteenth 1908

From left to right: Martha Yates Jones and Pinkie Yates (both in white dresses and hats) sitting in a buggy decorated with flowers for the annual Juneteenth Celebration parked in front of their father's (Reverend Jack Yakes) church, Antioch Baptist Church located in Houston, Fourth Ward (Freedmen's Town), Texas

Collection:

MSS 0281 Reverend Jack Yates Family and Antioch Baptist Church Collection 1872-1986

HPL Location:

The African American Library at The Gregory School, Houston Public Library

Finding Aid:

[grahampriscilla]

Thank you to all the 2018 ELCA Lutheran Church Youth volunteers and adult leaders that engaged, helped build, and clean assigned areas at Yates Museum in Historic Freedmen's Town. #thisplacematters #communitiesofcolormatter #communitiesofcolor #freedmenstownpreservationcoalition #freedmenstown #yatesmuseum #history #savingplaces #unseco #houston #sylvesterturner #priscillagrahamphotography #priscillatgraham #priscillatgrahamcollection #historythroughthelens #brickstreets #sos #lutheran #volunteers #30000 (at Rutherford B.H.Yates Museum, Inc)

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African American Library at the Gregory School #houston #texas #thisplacematters #texashistory #freedmenstown #freedmenstownpreservationcoalition #priscillatgrahamcollection #savingplaces (at The African American Library at The Gregory School)

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The legendary director Allie Woods #freedmenstown #inallthygetting

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@Regranned from @grahampriscilla - Back in the lab researching the Houston Colored YMCA. 1918-1941 complete...jist started on 1942. Look out 2018! The Colored YMCA book is coming...celebrating 100 years of service in the Greater Houston Area...#preservation #historic #history #freedmenstown #thisplacematters #savingourplaces #houston #texas #blackamerica #historythroughthelens #priscillatgrahamphotography #priscillatgraham #priscillagraham #book it #bookstagram #preservingcommunitiesofcolor #ymca #coloredymca #africanamericans #texas #texashistory #ymcahistory #achievers #ymcaachieversLee Arango123 - #regrann (at Ridgecrest Park)

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Camp Logan Celebration in Historic Freedmen's Town #freedmenstown #houston #camplogan

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In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story of Freedmen's Town tickets are officially on sale...please go to rbhy.org for ticket purchases... #freedmenstown #yatesmuseum #houston #history #thisplacematters #savingourplaces

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Priscilla T Graham Day March 7, 2017 #150yearsstandingstrong #americanhistory #africanamerican #texas #texashistory #mayor #mayorsylvesterturner #councilmember #ellencohen #houston #freedmenstownpreservationcoalition #freedmenstown #priscillagraham #priscillatgraham #priscillagrahamphotography #preservation #preservinghistory #communitiesofcolormatter #communitiesofcolor #savingplaces