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A. Adderly Headshot
A. Adderly
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
E. Adderly Headshot
E. Adderly
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Katherine Ahnor Headshot
Katherine Ahnor
Pilgrim Choir
Lavetta Albright Headshot
Lavetta Albright
Pilgrim Choir
R. Alday Headshot
R. Alday
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
G. Allen Headshot
G. Allen
Pilgrim Orchestra
Irma Allen Headshot
Irma Allen
Pilgrim Choir
I Baker (i) Headshot
I Baker (i)
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Olive Ball Headshot
Olive Ball
The Rev. Sister Luella Strong
Ernest Baskette Headshot
Ernest Baskette
Pilgrim Choir
Service Bell Headshot
Service Bell
Pilgrim Choir
Harry Bolden Headshot
Harry Bolden
The Rev. Jones

(Pastor of the Hope Baptist Church)
Dorothy Boxwill Headshot
Dorothy Boxwill
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
James Thomas Boxwill Headshot
James Thomas Boxwill
Brother Lu-Te

(Chief Singer of the New Day Pilgrims)
R. Branch Headshot
R. Branch
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
R. Brathwaite Headshot
R. Brathwaite
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Edward Broadnax Headshot
Edward Broadnax
Brother George W. Jenkins
Pilgrim Choir
Ernest Brown Headshot
Ernest Brown
Pilgrim Choir
R. Brown Headshot
R. Brown
Pilgrim Orchestra
Olga Burgoyne Headshot
Olga Burgoyne
Mother Kanda

(Daughter of Tongola)
Alston Burleigh Headshot
Alston Burleigh
Jim

(Rev. Jones' Son)
E. Caesar Headshot
E. Caesar
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Marietta Canty Headshot
Marietta Canty
Bessiola Hicks
Pilgrim Choir
Jack Carr Headshot
Jack Carr
Brother Moses

(Young Priest)
Maggie Carter Headshot
Maggie Carter
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
George Clark Headshot
George Clark
Pilgrim Choir
Edna Commodore Headshot
Edna Commodore
Children
Jean Cutler Headshot
Jean Cutler
Pilgrim Choir
E. Davis Headshot
E. Davis
Novitiate
Mayme Davis Headshot
Mayme Davis
Novitiate
L. DePaure Headshot
L. DePaure
Pilgrim Orchestra
Lucille Dickson Headshot
Lucille Dickson
Pilgrim Choir
Mabel Diggs Headshot
Mabel Diggs
Mame

(of Toomer's Bottom)
Blanche Eckles Headshot
Blanche Eckles
Pilgrim Choir
Irene Ellington Headshot
Irene Ellington
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Eva Evelyn Headshot
Eva Evelyn
Novitiate
A. Ferguson Headshot
A. Ferguson
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Charlie Frye Headshot
Charlie Frye
Pilgrim Choir
C. Gibson Headshot
C. Gibson
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Amy Goodwin Headshot
Amy Goodwin
Pilgrim Choir
J. Gordon Headshot
J. Gordon
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
O. Gordon Headshot
O. Gordon
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Alice Grant Headshot
Alice Grant
Novitiate
Bessie Guy Headshot
Bessie Guy
Belle
Pilgrim Choir

(of Toomer's Bottom)
Esther Hall Headshot
Esther Hall
Tansadi Tongole
Organist
Eneida Hamlett Headshot
Eneida Hamlett
Pilgrim
C. Harris Headshot
C. Harris
Pilgrim Orchestra
Carolyn Hughes Headshot
Carolyn Hughes
Sister Susie May Hunt
Lulu Hunt Headshot
Lulu Hunt
Sister Lulu Jane Hunt
A. Izanaga Headshot
A. Izanaga
Pilgrim Orchestra
Annie Jennings Headshot
Annie Jennings
Novitiate
Lulu King Headshot
Lulu King
Sue Scott

(of Toomer's Bottom)
Rosalie King Headshot
Rosalie King
Pilgrim Choir
Sister Mahalie Ockletree
Perrin Knight Headshot
Perrin Knight
Pilgrim Choir
Milton Lacey Headshot
Milton Lacey
Brother Jeremiah Johnson
Pilgrim Choir
Larri Laurier Headshot
Larri Laurier
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
C. Lewis Headshot
C. Lewis
Pilgrim Orchestra
Carrington Lewis Headshot
Carrington Lewis
Pilgrim Choir
Alice Magee Headshot
Alice Magee
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Assotta Marshall Headshot
Assotta Marshall
Pilgrim
Milton Martin Headshot
Milton Martin
Brother Jo-Ba
Pilgrim Choir

(Herald of Joy)
A. McCullough Headshot
A. McCullough
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Effie McDowell Headshot
Effie McDowell
Pilgrim Choir
Jack Meredith Headshot
Jack Meredith
Novitiate
T. Moody Headshot
T. Moody
Pilgrim Orchestra
J. Nealy Headshot
J. Nealy
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Bruce Nugent Headshot
Bruce Nugent
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Dorothy Perry Headshot
Dorothy Perry
Pilgrim Choir
W. Polhamus Headshot
W. Polhamus
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Ray Polite Headshot
Ray Polite
Pilgrim
O. Portier Headshot
O. Portier
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Bertha Powell Headshot
Bertha Powell
Sister Flossie Lou Little
Walter Price Headshot
Walter Price
Brother Esau Redd

(Chairman of Deacon Board of Hope, Baptist Church)
Ethel Purnello Headshot
Ethel Purnello
Sister Mata

(Priestess)
Alma Reynolds Headshot
Alma Reynolds
Pilgrim
Odelle Ricks Headshot
Odelle Ricks
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Pauline Rivers Headshot
Pauline Rivers
Sister Judy Ann Hicks
M. Sands Headshot
M. Sands
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Cecil Scott Headshot
Cecil Scott
Mag

(Sulamai's Mother)
Emma Sealy Headshot
Emma Sealy
Novitiate
Ernest Shaw Headshot
Ernest Shaw
Pilgrim Choir
Mattie Shaw Headshot
Mattie Shaw
Sister Mattie Fullilove
Gus Simons Headshot
Gus Simons
Brother Goliath Simpson
Paul Smellie Headshot
Paul Smellie
Pilgrim
Harold Sneed Headshot
Harold Sneed
Elder Tongola

(Prophet of the New Day Pilgrims)
L. Stirrup Headshot
L. Stirrup
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
A. Stokes Headshot
A. Stokes
Pilgrim Orchestra
Bennie Tattnall Headshot
Bennie Tattnall
Children
Andrew Taylor Headshot
Andrew Taylor
The Reverend Ebeneezer Allen

(Local Preacher)
Nell Taylor Headshot
Nell Taylor
Tansadi Tongole
Children

(Tongola's Dancers)
Edna Thomas Headshot
Edna Thomas
Ella
Arthur Walker Headshot
Arthur Walker
Pilgrim Choir
Fredi Washington Headshot
Fredi Washington
Sulamai
Jimmie Waters Headshot
Jimmie Waters
Jeems Jackson
Pilgrim Choir
Rosina Weston Headshot
Rosina Weston
Pilgrim
George White Headshot
George White
Pilgrim Choir
H.J. Williams Headshot
H.J. Williams
Novitiate
Waldine Williams Headshot
Waldine Williams
Reba

(Daughter of Kanda)
E. Wilson Headshot
E. Wilson
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Henri Wood Headshot
Henri Wood
Children
Clarence Yates Headshot
Clarence Yates
Tansadi Tongole

(Tongola's Dancers)
Ray Yeates Headshot
Ray Yeates
Brother Bartholomew Little

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