First Baptist Church
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Baptist
- Description: historic church in Selma, Alabama, United States
- Also known as: “First Baptist Church of Selma”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
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. Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 850 feet southeast of First Baptist 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 3,500 feet south of First Baptist Church.
Walton Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: AlabamaSouthern, Public domain.
Walton Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 2,400 feet southwest of First Baptist 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.
First Baptist Church
- Categories: Protestant church building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Dallas, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.4143° or 32° 24′ 52″ northLongitude
-87.01805° or 87° 1′ 5″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
864JCX7J+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 358963839OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=baptistGeoNames ID
4061947Wikidata ID
Q5452434
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In Other Languages
“First Baptist Church” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Primera Iglesia Bautista (Selma)”
- Spanish: “Primera Iglesia Bautista”
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