<I>Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning (center), senior pastor of Ebenezer AME Church, kneels down in prayer upon entering the pulpit. Pastor Browning and Co-Pastor Jo Ann Browning (center, right) are in the vanguard of husband/wife pastorships in America, Fort Washington, Maryland, 1997</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1997; printed 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jason Miccolo Johnson, American
label: Subject of
content: Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1856
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning Jr., American
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Dr. Jo Ann Browning, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of services at Ebenezer AME Church taken from an elevated vantage point. Two video screens are on either side of a pipe organ in the background. A choir is in front of the pipe organ and a band is in front of the choir. At the center of the photograph is the churches alter with several people standing and sitting on it. At the center of the alter is Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning, Jr. He is kneeling before a chair with his back towards the congregation and camera. Several rows of pews with churchgoers sitting in them are in the foreground. No inscriptions on the front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African Methodist Episcopal
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: Worship services
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.141.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jason Miccolo Johnson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 15 7/8 x 19 13/16 in. (40.3 x 50.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 12 7/16 x 18 3/4 in. (31.6 x 47.6 cm)