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.
- Church
- …lies at an elevation of 128 feet (39 metres)
- 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”“Browns Methodist Episcopal Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include First Baptist Church and Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama).
First Baptist Church
Church
First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King, Jr. First Baptist Church is situated 850 feet northwest of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama)
Church
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) is situated 950 feet south of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Edmund Pettus Bridge
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The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route… Edmund Pettus Bridge is situated 2,900 feet south of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selma.
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Latitude
32.41264° or 32° 24′ 46″ north
Longitude
-87.01614° or 87° 0′ 58″ west
Open location code
864JCX7M+3G
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OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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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”
- 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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Nearby Places
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