(RELIGION.) DA GRACE, CHARLES EMANUEL, "SWEET DADDY GRACE." Mass Baptism. Two 9 x 7 press photographs, with stamps on reverse and printed press "blurb." Newport News, VA, 1943.
The caption on the reverse of this photo reads: 'What might appear to be a long conga line are members of Bishop C.M. (Daddy) Grace's flock, wading into the waters of Hampton Roads for baptism services.' Marcelino Manuel da Graça (1881- 1960), better known as Charles Manuel "Sweet Daddy" Grace, or Daddy Grace, a Cape Verdean, was the founder and first bishop of the predominantly African-American denomination the United House of Prayer For All People. He once proclaimed 'I am a colorless man. Sometimes I am black, sometimes I am white, I preach to all races.' Criticized by many conservatives in the black community, Grace was unapologetic for his outright lavish life style, saying 'Why should the Devil have all the good times?'
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