African American Mennonite Association Records 1974-1993
- US MCUSAA I/06/007
- Sammlung
- 1969-2001
Records of the African American constituency group of the (old) Mennonite Church. Emerging from the Minority Ministries Council, the African American Mennonite Association began its orginizational life as the Black Council or Black Caucus. In the early 1980s the name was changed to the African American Mennonite Association (AAMA). The AAMA strove to support black and racially integrated congregations in the (old) Mennonite Church through annual assemblies and programming, leadership training, educational opportunites, and congregational economic development.
Records are divided into the following series:
(1) Founding and Governing Documents
(2) Assemblies and Events
(3) Dockets and Minutes
(4) Photographs
(5) Educational Program Records
(6) Correspondence and Subject Files
(7) Sound Recordings
African American Mennonite Association