Research Catalog
[African American religious groups in Los Angeles]
- Title
- [African American religious groups in Los Angeles] / Roland Charles.
- Author
- Charles, Roland
- Publication
- 1972-1991.
- ©1991
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Portfolio (Charles, R.) | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- 93 items (.2 cubic ft., one box); 21 x 26 cm
- 73 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- 20 photographic prints : color ;
- Summary
- Depictions of individuals and activities related mostly to African American Protestant churches, mainly in Los Angeles, California, from 1972 to 1991, consisting of group portraits and views of religious clergy, congregations and followers, choirs, and families; views of religious rites and celebrations, meetings, public activities, and funeral and memorial services; and exterior and interior views of religious structures. Most of the images depict Baptist churches. Some other mainstream Protestant churches, Pentecostals, and Evangelicals are depicted, as well as the American Muslim Mission and the Nation of Islam. Also included are two suburban Los Angeles Protestant churches (1980-1984), and some Baptist churches in rural Louisiana (1982-1991).
- Of note are views of the Reverend Ralph Abernathy attending a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee fund raiser at an unidentified Los Angeles Baptist church (1972); and views of participants at a Nation of Islam rally, with Minister Louis Farrakhan, at the Los Angeles Coliseum (1990).
- Donor/Sponsor
- Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project funded by the Lilly Endowment.
- Subjects
- Gelatin silver prints > 1980-1999
- Group portraits > 1980-1999
- Portrait photographs > 1980-1999
- Protestant church buildings > United States
- African Americans > Rites and ceremonies
- African American clergy
- African American Muslims > California > Los Angeles
- African American Baptists
- African American churches > Louisiana
- African American churches > California, Southern
- African American churches > California > Los Angeles
- African Americans > Spiritual life > Louisiana > 1980-1999
- African Americans > Spiritual life > California > 1970-1999
- African Americans > Religion
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1980-1999.
- Group portraits – 1980-1999.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1999.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Most photographs bear photographer's hand stamp on verso; all items bear handwritten captions on verso.
- Images originally captured between 1972 and 1991, and printed between 1987 and 1991.
- Forms Box 1 of Black Religion Project.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Roland Charles, 1938-2000, was a New Orleans-born African American photographer and curator based in Los Angeles. Starting in 1970s, Charles was a successful freelance photographer whose work reflected positive images of Black life, which resulted in his curating the exhibition "Life in a Day of Black L.A. The Way We See It," which included the work of ten Black photographers, that toured Los Angeles and Europe during the 1990s. He also founded the Black Photographers Association of California in 1984, and created the Black Gallery in 1986, an exhibition space in Los Angeles's Crenshaw district. Charles died in Los Angeles in 2000.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Charles, R.)
- OCLC
- 1285302918
- Author
- Charles, Roland, photographer.
- Title
- [African American religious groups in Los Angeles] / Roland Charles.
- Production
- 1972-1991.
- Copyright Date
- ©1991
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Terms Of Use
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Roland Charles, 1938-2000, was a New Orleans-born African American photographer and curator based in Los Angeles. Starting in 1970s, Charles was a successful freelance photographer whose work reflected positive images of Black life, which resulted in his curating the exhibition "Life in a Day of Black L.A. The Way We See It," which included the work of ten Black photographers, that toured Los Angeles and Europe during the 1990s. He also founded the Black Photographers Association of California in 1984, and created the Black Gallery in 1986, an exhibition space in Los Angeles's Crenshaw district. Charles died in Los Angeles in 2000.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Charles, R.)