Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning (center), senior pastor of Ebenezer AME Church, kneels down in prayer upon entering the pulpit. Pastor Browning and Co-Pastor Jo Ann Browning (center, right) are in the vanguard of husband/wife pastorships in America, Fort Washington, Maryland, 1997
- Photograph by
- Johnson, Jason Miccolo, American
- Subject of
- Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1856
- Rev. Dr. Browning, Grainger Jr., American
- Rev. Dr. Browning, Jo Ann, American
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1997; printed 2012
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 15 7/8 x 19 13/16 in. (40.3 x 50.3 cm)
- H x W (image): 12 7/16 x 18 3/4 in. (31.6 x 47.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of services at Ebenezer AME Church taken from an elevated vantage point. Two video screens are on either side of a pipe organ in the background. A choir is in front of the pipe organ and a band is in front of the choir. At the center of the photograph is the churches alter with several people standing and sitting on it. At the center of the alter is Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning, Jr. He is kneeling before a chair with his back towards the congregation and camera. Several rows of pews with churchgoers sitting in them are in the foreground. No inscriptions on the front or back.
- Place captured
- Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- African Methodist Episcopal
- Local and regional
- Methodist
- Musicians
- Photography
- Prayer
- Religion
- Singers (Musicians)
- The Black Church
- Worship services
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.141.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jason Miccolo Johnson
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




