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Elizabeth Hicks Campbell Adams in studio photo with US capital

At Washington Brazilian SDA Church site of Lakeland High School

Ground Breaking for Spellman House Apartments erected as part of urban renewal project in Lakeland.

By Willie Sellers Jr in honor of Lakeland Heritage Weekend 2010

From 1945-46 school year as student at Lakeland Elementary School

Lakelander yearbook page

During Heritage Weekend at College Park Community Center

5108 Pierce Ave Urban Renewal Parcel 18 Block 16 FEMA Trailer - Home on site was destroyed by storm. Also shows Pierce Ave after construction of Paint Branch Elementary.

Pauline Gray during event in her honor and that of Arthur Brooks at Embry AME Church

In addition to good, home-cooked food and the opportunity to visit with friends and family members, on this day in 1963 there was the added attraction of pony rides. On the left is Avis Matthews on a pony led by her uncle, Lester Gray; her sister Carol is riding a pony led by Ronald Brooks.

Lola Giles Brooks Cyrous with baby Violetta Sharps Jones

Young Woman with Bicycle

Lakelander yearbook image

Rear

During celebration of donation of book by Joanne Braxton to Hyattsville Branch Library

Each image is included as an item and with description

At Melbourne Ave

Exhibition at College Park Community Center

Daughter of Pleasant Brown, Sarah Brown Robinson is shown with her husband Leon

Rear left to right James Edwards II, Rev. Baddy, James Clemons, center William Gray, Mr. Hart, George Henry Gross front Thomas Randall, unknown. George Brooks Sr, Dessie Thomas, Arthur Brooks item 04307 shows this same group

Mayor Reading and Council Dervey Lomax is standing in the center

In the summer of 1944, neighbors enjoyed a day relaxing in the rural countryside of Lakeland. In this photograph, longtime neighbors proudly show off their newest neighbor, infant James "Little Jimmy" Edwards III. Sitting in the cornfield, from left to right, are Lola Giles, Viola Brooks, Cecelia Brooks, Gertrude Brooks, and Morris Crump. (Courtesy of Mary Hamlett Harding.)

Tanika and Bridget Williams

As a young man, Lakelander Donald Weems was so moved by the racism he experienced while in the United States Army, he developed a new way of looking at his role in the world. Weems took the name Kuwasi Balagoon, which in Yoruban means “son of the warrior god born on Sunday.” The name mirrors the way in which he saw himself: as a solider in the army for Black liberation. Balagoon was a leader in the Black Panther Party and an internationally published poet and essayist. (Courtesy of Diane Weems Ligon.)

Kindergarten class

Mary Ann is shown placing a flower on the lapel of her father Maseo in preparation for her wedding. The image was taken at their home on Navahoe Street. The wedding service and reception took place just a few blocks away at Embry AME Church

Weygandt property

Second Urban Renewal Purchase Shown are Mr. and Mrs. Ben Blue. The property purchased was a vacant lot located on Albany Ave. Pictured with them is Dan Boone, Urban Renewal Assistant Director/ Real Estate Specialist the photographer noted was Jack Callahan, Urban Renewal Director

At First Baptist Church of College Park

Mr. and Mrs. Smith depart after their wedding at Embry AME Church

Mock weddings such as this one at Embry A.M.E. Church, circa 1949, were popular dramatizations and fundraisers for churches. The church’s youth played the parts of bride, groom, minister, and wedding party. Sunday School superintendent Dessie Randall Thomas loaned her wedding dress for this activity. Jean Gray and Ellsworth Dory, both about age fifteen, are the bride and groom, and Yvonne Thomas and Betty Smith are among the attendants.