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  2. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church - Wikipedia

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    The Dexter Avenue Baptist Church congregation was organized in 1877 by freedmen and free people of color. It was first known as the Second Colored Baptist Church. The church trustees paid $270 on January 30, 1879, for a lot at the corner of what is now Dexter Avenue and Decatur Street. The first church building was a small wood-frame building.

  3. Vernon Johns - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Vernon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was an American minister based in the South and a pioneer in the civil rights movement. He is best known as the pastor (1947–52) of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

  4. List of Baptist churches on the National Register of Historic ...

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    Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, pastored by Martin Luther King Jr. and used as a base of operations during the Civil Rights Movement.. This is a list of Baptist churches in the U.S. state of Alabama that are notable because they are National Historic Landmarks (NHL), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage (ARLH), or are ...

  5. Montgomery, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Martin Luther King Jr., then the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and E.D. Nixon, a local civil rights advocate, founded the Montgomery Improvement Association to organize the boycott. In June 1956, the US District Court Judge Frank M. Johnson ruled that Montgomery's bus racial segregation was unconstitutional.

  6. Dexter Parsonage Museum - Wikipedia

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    It was purchased in 1919 by the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church for use as their parsonage. It was the home of Martin Luther King Jr. and his family while he was pastor, from 1954 until 1960. In January 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott, the home was bombed, focusing attention on the boycott and juxtaposing with King's non-violent methods.

  7. Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62

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    Dexter Scott King, the lookalike of his iconic father, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has died.

  8. Category:Churches in Montgomery, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Dexter Avenue Baptist Church; F. First Baptist Church (Montgomery, Alabama) First Baptist Church (South Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama)

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