Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church - Selma AL
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N 32° 24.750 W 087° 00.986
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Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church in Selma, Alabama, United States. This church was a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and played a major role in the events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Waymark Code: WM6MGB
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2009
Views: 8
The nation's reaction to Selma's "Bloody Sunday March" is widely credited with making the passage of the Voting Rights Act politically viable in the United States Congress.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
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Street address:
410 Martin Luther King, Jr. St
Selma , AL
County / Borough / Parish: Dallas
Year listed: 1982
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1950-1974
Historic function: Religion
Current function: Religion
Privately owned?: yes
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2009 To: 12/31/2009
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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