<I>The first elected female bishop in the history of the AME Church, Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie preaches a soul-stirring sermon at Bethel AME Church, Baltimore, Maryland, 2005</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2005; printed 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jason Miccolo Johnson, American
label: Subject of
content: Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Bethel AME Church - Baltimore, American, founded 1785
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie speaking from an altar to a large congregation of people. She is standing to the side of a podium on the right side of the photograph. She is holding a microphone with her left hand while her right hand rests on her hip. Additional people stand behind her on the podium. At the center and left side of the photograph several churchgoers are standing. Several people are clapping and waving their hands in the crowd. No inscriptions on the front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Baltimore, 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: Photography
label: Topic
content: Preaching
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Worship services
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2012.141.25
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 15/16 in. (40.3 x 50.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 12 1/4 x 18 5/8 in. (31.1 x 47.3 cm)