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Wooster Digital History Project

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  • Tags: Second Baptist

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2009 letter from Lydia Thompson to the Wayne County Historical Society explaining the need to preserve Second Baptist's original building

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2012 Daily Record photograph of the Bogner Construction Company dismantling the original Second Baptist building for storage

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Second Baptist Church's current building on Grant Street

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A 1975 Daily Record article discussing the razing of Second Baptist in preparation for the construction of a new church building

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A 1975 Daily Record photo of Second Baptist's groundbreaking ceremony for the new church, featuring Rev. Leroy Adams and Rufus Thompson

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This 1964 Daily Record article, featuring an interview with Reverend Adams, in which he discusses his goals for the new church

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A 1964 Daily Record article entitled, "Wooster Negro Buys a Home - Ten Year Story Has a Happy Ending," that tells the story of Richard "Dick" Morrison Jr. and his struggle to buy a home in Wooster

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Richard L. Morrison, Sr: One of Wooster’s first african american residents, Morrison made a name for himself in the community as a respected barber at the Morrison Barber Shop and as a leader at second Baptist Church. (“Dick Morrison, Color Man Who…

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A Daily Record article entitled, "Housing is Rated Number One Problem of Wooster's Negroes," discussing the prevalence of housing discrimination in Wooster

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Portrait of Reverend Leroy Adams with his wife Helen, and two children

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The Wooster Republican's announcement of the dedication of Second Baptist Church in 1894

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An 1892 land deed recording the sale of a lot on Vine Street from Jacob Frick to the trustees of Second Baptist
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