Shiloh Baptist Church was the second church in Sacramento to be founded and organized by and for African-Americans in 1856. When the church observed its 110th Anniversary in 1966, congratulatory messages were received from the following government officials, including President Lyndon Johnson. Studio portrait of Reverend J. Gordon McPherson with members of the choir of Shiloh Baptist Church, including Lucy Ray (seated, left), Maude Ray (seated, right), and Mae Russell (standing, right), with a landscape backdrop behind them. Reverend J. Gordon McPherson (1869-1936), known as "Black Billy Sunday," was the an evangelistic preacher in the West, one-time pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, and founder of Sacramento's first black newspaper: The Forum. McPherson lived in New Orleans at various points in his life, where he died in April 1936. Written on back of photo: Rev. McPherson shown with part of choir at Shiloh Baptist Church, Sacramento, Calif. Seated from left: Lucy Ray, Rev. McPherson, and Maud Ray. Standing from left ?________, ?_______, Mae Russell.
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African American clergy African American churches African American choirs Simmons, Maude Ray, 1879-1943 McPherson, J. Gordon Russell, Mae Shiloh Baptist Church (Sacramento, Calif.) Hundley, Lucy Ray, b. 1870
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