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  • Posted on December 2, 1903
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In 1903, Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church was the second church built by and for African Americans. Leonard Reid and wife Eddye Coleman were influential in forming this church.

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Leonard Reid Worked for Mayor Colonel John Hamilton Gillespie
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