Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church (Selma, Alabama)

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Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, taken in 2000.
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Location	410 Martin Luther King, Jr., Street, Selma, Alabama
Coordinates	32°24′44.65″N 87°0′58.19″W / 32.4124028°N 87.0161639°W / 32.4124028; -87.0161639Coordinates: 32°24′44.65″N 87°0′58.19″W / 32.4124028°N 87.0161639°W / 32.4124028; -87.0161639
Built	1908
Architect	A. J. Farley
NRHP Reference #	82002009
Added to NRHP	February 4, 1982^[1]
Designated NHL	December 12, 1997^[2]
Designated ARLH	June 16, 1976^[3]

Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church in Selma, Alabama, United States. This church was a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and, as the meeting place and offices of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during the Selma Movement, played a major role in the events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The nation's reaction to Selma's "Bloody Sunday" march is widely credited with making the passage of the Voting Rights Act politically viable in the United States Congress.^[2]^[4]

It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on June 16, 1976 and later declared a National Historic Landmark on February 4, 1982.^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
1 2 "Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage". Alabama Historical Commission. www.preserveala.org. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
↑ Cecil N. McKithan (August 29, 1997). "Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)

Notable
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1954–1959	Brown v. Board of Education Bolling v. Sharpe Briggs v. Elliott Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County Gebhart v. Belton Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company Emmett Till Montgomery Bus Boycott Browder v. Gayle Mansfield school desegregation 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom "Give Us the Ballot" Royal Ice Cream Sit-in Little Rock Nine National Guard blockade Civil Rights Act of 1957 Kissing Case Biloxi Wade-Ins

1960–1963	Greensboro sit-ins Nashville sit-ins Civil Rights Act of 1960 Gomillion v. Lightfoot Boynton v. Virginia Robert F. Kennedy's Law Day Address Freedom Rides attacks Garner v. Louisiana Albany Movement University of Chicago sit-ins "Second Emancipation Proclamation" Meredith enrollment, Ole Miss riot 1963 Birmingham campaign Children's Crusade Letter from Birmingham Jail Birmingham riot 16th Street Baptist Church bombing Stand in the Schoolhouse Door John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Address March on Washington "I Have a Dream" St. Augustine movement "segregation now, segregation forever"

1964–1968	Twenty-fourth Amendment Bloody Tuesday Freedom Summer workers' murders Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches "How Long, Not Long" Voting Rights Act of 1965 Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections March Against Fear White House Conference on Civil Rights Chicago Freedom Movement/Chicago open housing movement Memphis Sanitation Strike King assassination funeral riots Poor People's Campaign Civil Rights Act of 1968

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National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Alabama

National Historic Landmark	Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Historic districts	Carlowville Historic District Icehouse Historic District Old Town Historic District Riverview Historic District Summerfield District Water Avenue Historic District

Other properties	Adams Grove Presbyterian Church Antique Store Cahaba Christian Church and Parsonage Dallas County Courthouse Doctor's Office Driskell-Martin House First Baptist Church J. Bruce Hain House Marshall's Grove John Tyler Morgan House Wesley Plattenburg House Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church Riverdale St. Luke's Episcopal Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church Marcus Meyer Skinner House Street Manual Training School Sturdivant Hall Todd House U.S. Post Office Building Valley Creek Presbyterian Church

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church (Selma, Alabama)

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