John Wesley and Emma Childress photograph   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: This portrait photograph shows John Wesley Childress (seated, left) and Emma Childress (right), maternal grandparents of Felma Harper Washington. John wears a dark suit and bowtie while Emma wears a skirt or dress with fitted jacket and flared sleeve cuffs. This photograph is part of the Felma Harper Washington Collection. Felma Harper Washington was a leader, minister, musician, writer and historian in Bellfontaine, Ohio. Born in Bellefontaine in 1903, she traveled the country working with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and married Reverend Edward Washington. She founded the Harper Memorial Library and the Museum of African-American Historical Research. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2034_aaeo_90-18_004
Subjects: African Americans; Portrait photography;
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center