National Historic Landmark - Centennial Baptist Church

Centennial Baptist Church was the home base for Reverend (Dr.) Elias Camp Morris from the dedication of the church in 1905 until his death in 1922. While serving as pastor, Dr. Morris was president (1895-1922) of the National Baptist Convention ...

National Historic Landmark-First Baptist Church-Columbia

National Historic Landmark- First Baptist Church, Columbia

On December 17, 1860, the South Carolina Convention of the People met here, and voted on the resolution: That it is the opinion of this Convention that the State of South Carolina should forthwith ...

National Historic Landmark- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is associated with the Birmingham Alabama civil rights movement in 1963 in which two specific events led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Between May 2-8, 1963, participants of the nonviolent ...

National Historic Landmark- Dexter Ave. Baptist Church

This small, eclectic-style church (1878) served as the original headquarters of the Montgomery Improvement Association, headed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), which carried out a successful boycott of segregated city buses in 1955.

"The National Register of Historic Places, ...

National Historic Landmark- Bethel Baptist Church

The Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guardhouse are associated with the first organized movement of the modern civil rights movement that attacked multiple aspects of segregation.

While earlier organized movements focused on bus segregation, the Alabama Christian Movement for Human ...

Historic Springfield Baptist Church

Springfield Baptist Church was established on January 27, 1864 prior to the abolition of slavery, and is among the first African-American churches founded in Middle Georgia. Enslaved workers purchased land from Mrs. Nancy Bickers and began monthly meetings. Levi Thornton, ...

Historic Baptist Church

Circa 1884

On May 17, 1872, seventeen people convened in the Community House on Church Street or “Holy Row,” now called Sunset Drive, in the fledgling town of Norcross. During the meeting, this inspired group organized The Baptist Church of Christ ...

Historic Antioch Baptist Church

Among the oldest churches in Culpeper, Antioch Baptist Church originated in the 1850's. Separated from the Mount Pony Baptist Church, Antioch was first called "The African Church," organized in 1859. The first congregation, also referred to as free worshippers, met ...