Second Baptist Church - Los Angeles, CA - Baptist Churches on Waymarking.com

"Second Baptist Church is a historically African-American Baptist church located in South Los Angeles, California. The current Lombardy Romanesque Revival building was built in 1926 and has been listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (1978) and on the National Register of Historic Places (2009). The church has been an important force in the Civil Rights Movement, hosting national conventions of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons ("NAACP") in 1928, 1942, and 1949, and also serving as the site of important speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and others. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the Progressive National Baptist Convention." (visit link)

Date Built: 01/01/1926 Age of Church building determined by?: Other reliable source Website: [Web Link] Church Address: 2412 Griffith Avenue Los Angeles, CA USA Service Times: Not listed

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