Not just old papers! The archives also are home to a number of multimedia formats including long play albums popularly known as vinyl records. A.M.E.’s have been recording their regular meetings since the organization of the denomination. Pioneers in Protest: A Civil Rights Documentary is a recording of the May 1964 General Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio keynoted by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Excerpts from his appearance are included along with commentary from Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary, NAACP, A. Phillip Randolph, Pres. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and Daisy Bates, Little Rock, Arkansas-School Protest Leader. 
Partners in Mission, is an album of the 16th District Youth Convention and Welcome Meetings for the Connectional Y.P.D. Board Meeting of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. General Conference 1976 is double album featuring a collage and sticker based legend for identifying Bishops and General Officers.
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