Reverend W. J. Stafford
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@ Atlanta History Center
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View of Reverend W. J. Stafford being interviewed, with Ralph Favors of Freddie Terrell & the Soul Expedition band on stage in the background, at the opening of his nightclub Soul Expedition at Underground Atlanta in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.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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Atlanta History Center
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Digital Library of Georgia