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Title	Reverend W. J. Stafford
Photographer	Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Description	View of Reverend W. J. Stafford at the opening of his nightclub Soul Expedition at Underground Atlanta in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Geographic Location	Atlanta (Ga.)
Subject	African Americans--1970-1980 Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta Nightclubs Eyeglasses Smiling Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta Suits (Clothing)--1970-1980
Personal Name	Stafford, W. J.
Corporate Name	Underground Atlanta (Atlanta, Ga.) Soul Expedition (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date Original	undated
Date Digital	2009
Type	35 mm black and white negative
Format	Still picture
Digital Format	JPEG
Catalogue Number	VIS 101.166.004
Collection	Boyd Lewis Photographs
Related Collections	MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
Publisher	Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30305
Rights	This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Notes	Reverend W. J. Stafford founded the Free for All Missionary Baptist Church in 1955. The church, under Stafford's leadership, owned and operated two nightclubs in downtown Atlanta, Georgia in the early 1970s: Soul Expedition in Underground Atlanta and the Soul at the Top of Peachtree atop the Bank of Georgia Building.
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Reverend W. J. Stafford

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