First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in , 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.
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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.

Church
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Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in , 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. is situated 850 feet southeast of First Baptist Church.

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in , 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. is situated 3,500 feet south of First Baptist Church.

Church
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is situated 1,600 feet south of First Baptist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selma.

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
is a city in . 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

Latitude
32.41439° or 32° 24′ 52″ north
Longitude
-87.01797° or 87° 1′ 5″ west
Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)
Open location code
864JCX7J+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1491391244
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­baptist
Geo­Names ID
4061947
Wiki­data ID
Q5452434
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