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United Methodist Bishop Leontine Kelly preaches during evening worship at the first reunion of the former Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church in College Park, Ga. The jurisdiction was a racially segregated structure for black Methodists that existed from 1939 to 1968, when it was dissolved into the five current geographic jurisdictions of the United Methodist Church.

United Methodist Bishop Leontine Kelly preaches during evening worship at the first reunion of the former Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church in College Park, Ga. The jurisdiction was a racially segregated structure for black Methodists that existed from 1939 to 1968, when it was dissolved into the five current geographic jurisdictions of the United Methodist Church.

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