Robert E. Jones and Matthew W. Clair, circa 1930

A photograph of Robert Elijah Jones and Matthew Walker Clair, the first Black bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Written on verso: First Two Bishops; MW Claire, Sr (right) and RE Jones (left); Bishop AllenThe Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection