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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. 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.

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

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    The St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church was host to the seventh Colored Baptist Convention of Alabama in 1874, a meeting that lead to the formation of Selma University in 1878. [11] The Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is a National Historic Landmark near the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. [12] Dr.

  6. 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)

  7. Court Square–Dexter Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Court Square–Dexter Avenue Historic District is a 17.6-acre (7.1 ha) historic district in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Centered on the Court Square Fountain, the district includes twenty-seven contributing buildings and two objects. It is roughly bounded by Dexter Avenue, Perry, Court and Monroe streets.

  8. Cottage Hill Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Cottage Hill Historic District is a 42-acre (17 ha) historic district in Montgomery, Alabama.It is roughly bounded by Goldthwaite, Maxwell, Holt, and Clayton streets and contains 116 contributing buildings, the majority of them in the Queen Anne style.

  9. Holt Street Baptist Church - Wikipedia

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    The Holt Street Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. [2] The church served as a meeting place for Montgomery's black community during the Montgomery bus boycott. Built in 1913, the church closed in 1998, when the congregation moved to a new location in Montgomery.