Group portrait of the Deaconesses of the People's Independent Church of Christ, 14 women in light-colored dresses, with matching drawstring bags and shoes. Some are wearing a necklace with a cross. They are posed in front the entrance of a wood frame building with the address "1462" posted above the group. Dora Leon Shackelford, the wife of J. H. Shackelford, was the head of the Deaconess Board of the People's Independent Church of Christ in 1919. Mrs. George Whitley was also a deaconess at this time. Founded in 1915, the Peoples Independent Church of Christ was created when 47 members split from First A. M. E. Church. Written on back of photo: Deaconess Board. People's Independent Church of Christ.
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African American churches Deacons People's Independent Church of Christ (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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