Bethel Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guardhouse
Bethel Baptist Church.jpg
Bethel Baptist Church in 1993
Bethel Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama) is located in Alabama
Bethel Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama)
Location 3233, 3232 and 3236 29th Avenue North, Collegeville, Alabama
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Architectural style Modern Movement
NRHP Reference # 05000455
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 5, 2005[2]
Designated NHL April 05, 2005[3]
Designated ARLH November 13, 1996[1]

Bethel Baptist Church in the Collegeville neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama served as headquarters from 1956 to 1961 for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR), which was led by Fred Shuttlesworth and active in the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement. The ACMHR focused on legal and nonviolent direct action against segregated accommodations, transportation, schools and employment discrimination. It played a crucial role in the 1961 Freedom Ride that resulted in federal enforcement of U.S. Supreme Court and Interstate Commerce Commission rulings to desegregate public transportation.[3]

Fred Shuttlesworth served as pastor from 1953 to 1961. The church buildings were bombed on three separate occasions, first on December 25, 1956, again on June 29, 1958,[4] and lastly on December 14, 1962.[5][6][7]

The church complex was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on November 13, 1996.[1] It was then added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark on April 5, 2005.[2][3][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ In 1980 J. B. Stoner was convicted in connection with this bombing.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon

This article about a property in Alabama on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Alabama is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Bethel_Baptist_Church_(Birmingham,_Alabama)&oldid=1036595"