Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church

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Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Selma, Alabama, best known as the starting point and organizing hub of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African Methodist Episcopal church
church
civil rights movement site
historic place
affiliation African Methodist Episcopal Church denomination
architecturalType church building
associatedWithCause voting rights for African Americans
associatedWithEvent 1965 Selma voting rights campaign
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965)
surface form: Bloody Sunday

Selma to Montgomery marches
associatedWithMovement American civil rights movement
associatedWithPerson civil rights activists in Selma
category African-American history in Alabama
Churches in Selma, Alabama
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
National Historic Landmarks in Alabama
city Selma
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance symbol of the struggle for voting rights in the United States
denomination African Methodist Episcopal Church
eraOfProminence 1960s
hasCommunityRole community organizing center
place of worship
hasCongregation African Methodist Episcopal congregation
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark

property listed on the National Register of Historic Places
knownFor organizing hub of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches
role in the American civil rights movement
starting point of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches
locatedIn Dallas County, Alabama
Selma, Alabama
United States of America
surface form: United States
name Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church self-link
NRHPListingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
NRHPType building
religion Christianity
Methodism
significance African American history
civil rights history
state Alabama
usedAs meeting place for civil rights activists
staging area for protest marches

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Selma to Montgomery marches notableLocation Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
Selma, Alabama hasLandmark Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
this entity surface form: Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Alabama containsHistoricSite Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
this entity surface form: Brown Chapel AME Church
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church name Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church self-link
Selma hasHistoricSite Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
this entity surface form: Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail contains Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail startPoint Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
Dallas County hasHistoricSite Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
subject surface form: Dallas County, Alabama
Broad Street, Selma, Alabama hasNearbySite Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
this entity surface form: Brown Chapel AME Church