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(RELIGION.) IMES, REVEREND WILLIAM LLOYD.
”The Hills Beyond
The Hills, 400 Years in the Ministry.” A small, but significant visual archive, rela-
tive to one of the ministers featured in the book.
Includes: 80 photographs of
various size, a Presidential invitation, a copy of Imes’ book, “The Black Pastures,” a copy of
“The Hills Beyond the Hills, (North Country Books, 1971) in which Imes is featured and
several pieces of related ephemera.
SHOULD BE SEEN
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Vp 1880-1975
[800/1,200]
William Lloyd Imes (1881-1975), African American clergyman and Civil Rights activist was
the product of a long line of theologians, educators, scientists and musicians. Imes is featured in
the book The Hills beyond the Hills, and many of the original photos illustrating the book are
included here: a 1935 image of Imes at 125th street in Harlem, picketing for jobs, and another
of him at St James Church in 1943. The Imes Papers are housed at Syracuse University.
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(RELIGION.) DA GRACE, CHARLES EMANUEL, “SWEET DADDY
GRACE.”
Mass Baptism.
Two 9 x 7 press photographs, with stamps on reverse and
printed press “blurb.”
Newport News, VA, 1943.
[350/500]
The caption on the reverse of this photo reads: “What might appear to be a long conga line are
members of Bishop C.M. (Daddy) Grace’s flock, wading into the waters of Hampton Roads for
baptism services.” Marcelino Manuel da Graça (1881- 1960), better known as Charles
Manuel “Sweet Daddy” Grace, or Daddy Grace, a Cape Verdean, was the founder and first
bishop of the predominantly African-American denomination the United House of Prayer For
All People. He once proclaimed “I am a colorless man. Sometimes I am black, sometimes I am
white, I preach to all races.” Criticized by many conservatives in the black community, Grace
was unapologetic for his outright lavish life style, saying “Why should the Devil have all the
good times?”
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