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TALK: A Conversation - African-American Sacred Spaces

  • Archaeology Now P.O. Box 271062 Houston, Texas, 77277 United States (map)

Courtesy of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Discover the history and legacy of Houston’s oldest African American Baptist church, founded in 1866.  A conversation, discussing the architectural construction of Reconstruction, takes place between Dr. Christopher Hunter, Assoc. Prof. of Practice in Architecture, Texas A&M University, and Pastor Lou McElroy. Mrs. Jacqueline McElroy, the great-great-grand-daughter of Rev. Jack Yates, who rose from slavery to be elected as Antioch's first Pastor, will relate the story of his life and journey to Antioch. 

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Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

500 Clay Street 

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