Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

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Baptist church National Historic Landmark historic church property listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is a historic Montgomery, Alabama church best known as the pastoral home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a key organizing center of the civil rights movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baptist church → National Historic Landmark → historic church → property listed on the National Register of Historic Places →
affiliation	National Baptist Convention, USA →
architecturalStyle	Romanesque Revival →
associatedWith	American civil rights movement → Montgomery Bus Boycott → nonviolent protest strategy development →
associatedWithOrganization	Montgomery Improvement Association →
associatedWithPerson	Jo Ann Robinson → Martin Luther King Jr. → Ralph Abernathy →
constructionStartYear	1883 →
country	United States →
dateAddedToNRHP	1970-12-19 →
dateDesignatedNationalHistoricLandmark	1974-05-30 →
denomination	Baptist →
distanceToAlabamaStateCapitol	approximately one block →
hasAlternativeName	Dexter Avenue Baptist Church → Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church →
hasCommemoration	murals depicting civil rights history →
hasFeature	basement used for civil rights organizing → pulpit associated with Martin Luther King Jr. → sanctuary with stained-glass windows →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → U.S. National Register of Historic Places →
isTouristAttraction	true →
locatedIn	Alabama → Dexter Avenue → Montgomery, Alabama → downtown Montgomery →
locatedNear	Alabama State Capitol →
material	brick →
namedAfter	Dexter Avenue → Martin Luther King Jr. →
NRHPReferenceNumber	70000109 →
offers	guided tours →
pastor	Martin Luther King Jr. →
pastorEndDate	1960 →
pastorStartDate	1954 →
religiousTradition	Protestant Christianity →
significance	key organizing center of the Montgomery Bus Boycott → symbol of the civil rights movement →
significantEvent	Montgomery Bus Boycott planning meetings → mass meetings during the civil rights movement → organizational center of the Montgomery Improvement Association →
yearCompleted	1889 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church ("Dexter Avenue Baptist Church") → Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church ("Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church") →	hasAlternativeName
Montgomery County, Alabama →	contains
Alabama →	containsHistoricSite
Montgomery, Alabama →	hasLandmark
Montgomery, Alabama →	knownFor
Alabama State Capitol →	locatedNear
Rosa Parks Museum →	near