Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard 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 during the Selma Movement, played a major role in the events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Alabama, United States of America
- Also known as: “Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church”, “Brown Chapel AME Church;Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church”, and “Browns Methodist Episcopal Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include First Baptist Church and Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama).
First Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Richard apple, CC BY-SA 3.0.
First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in Selma, Alabama, United States. A historically African American Baptist church, it was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1894 and known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement. First Baptist Church is situated 850 feet northwest of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama)
Church
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) is situated 950 feet south of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama, United States. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. Edmund Pettus Bridge is situated 2,900 feet south of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selma.
Selma
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Selma is a city in Alabama. Selma has the distinction of being a notable place in the pages of history, for its role in the Civil War and doubly-so for its role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Categories: building, historic site, place of worship, historic building, and religion
- Location: Dallas, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.41264° or 32° 24′ 46″ northLongitude
-87.01614° or 87° 0′ 58″ westElevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
864JCX7M+3GOpenStreetMap ID
way 746164381OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=building
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Ukrainian—“Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church (Selma, Alabama)”
- Chinese: “布朗教堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه براون تشابل”
- Finnish: “Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church”
- French: “église épiscopale méthodiste africaine Brown de Selma”
- French: “Église épiscopale méthodiste africaine Brown de Selma”
- Italian: “Brown Chapel AME Church”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Episcopal Metodista Africana Brown (Selma)”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Episcopal Metodista Africana Brown”
- Spanish: “Iglesia AME de Selma”
- Ukrainian: “Коричнева каплиця AME церкви”
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