Negro 'Heaven' Near F.D.R

Clip: 347130_1_1

Year Shot: 1938 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1526

Original Film: 010-689-07

HD: N/A

Location: HIGHLAND, N.Y.

Timecode: 00:17:10 - 00:18:07

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Shaky dull in contrast and imagery Crum Elbow, the famous Hudson River estate opposite President Roosevelt's Home at Hyde Park, is sold to Father Divine, African-American 'Messiah', whose 'Angels' meanwhile stage a spectacular parade through Harlem. African american women wearing white dresses and white hats march with signs, Father Divine ? waving from car, people throwing ticker-tape from window of building, long line of marchers, various women marchers, young black girls on float.