Silk banner: "Heliotrope Group F Club of the First African Baptist Church, Cher ry Memorial, February 28, 1921. Purple silk; 30 x 18 inches; lettered in gilt paint with gilt silk tassels at bottom; affixed to a rod with brass ends, in the manner of a

Silk banner: "Heliotrope Group F Club of the First African Baptist Church, Cher ry Memorial, February 28, 1921. Purple silk; 30 x 18 inches; lettered in gilt paint with gilt silk tassels at bottom; affixed to a rod with brass ends, in the manner of a Torah. Philadelphia: (Lehmberg Brothers), [1921] E400/600 From its color and design, this is essentially a mourning piece, probably made in honor of an early minister of this Church. When the old church was torn down about 15 years ago, a colored burial ground was discovered next to it [SEE ILLUSTRATION]