Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church (Selma, Alabama)
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N 32° 24.750 W 087° 00.986
16S E 498455 N 3586159
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: WM7XED
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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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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