Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
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Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama is a historic African American congregation renowned as a key center of civil rights activism under the leadership of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American church
ⓘ
Baptist church ⓘ civil rights landmark ⓘ historic church ⓘ |
| affiliation | African-American Baptist tradition ⓘ |
| architecturalType | church building ⓘ |
| associatedStruggle |
desegregation of public facilities in Birmingham
ⓘ
voting rights for African Americans ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
ⓘ
Birmingham campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham civil rights movement
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ |
| category |
African-American history in Birmingham, Alabama
ⓘ
Churches in Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ Civil rights movement sites in Alabama ⓘ |
| city | Birmingham ⓘ |
| communityRole | center of African-American religious life in its neighborhood ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Black resistance to segregation in Birmingham ⓘ |
| denomination | Baptist ⓘ |
| function |
community organizing center
ⓘ
meeting place for civil rights leaders ⓘ place of worship ⓘ |
| heritageArea | Civil Rights historic sites in Birmingham ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listing on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageProtection | federally recognized historic site ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | site of major civil rights organizing in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ |
| knownFor |
civil rights activism
ⓘ
leadership in Birmingham civil rights campaigns ⓘ opposition to racial segregation ⓘ |
| leadershipPeriodOf | Fred Shuttlesworth ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham, Alabama
Jefferson County, Alabama ⓘ |
| movementRole | base for direct-action campaigns against segregation in Birmingham ⓘ |
| notableEventContext | struggle against Jim Crow laws ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Fred Shuttlesworth ⓘ |
| notablePastor | Fred Shuttlesworth ⓘ |
| periodOfSignificance |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicCommunityServed | African Americans ⓘ |
| region |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
|
| religiousLeader | pastor ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| roleIn | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| servedAs | headquarters of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
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