Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

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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 Inc.
surface form: National Baptist Convention, USA
architecturalStyle Romanesque Revival
associatedWith American civil rights movement
Montgomery bus boycott
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
dateAddedToNRHP 1970-12-19
dateDesignatedNationalHistoricLandmark 1974-05-30
denomination Baptist
distanceToAlabamaStateCapitol approximately one block
hasAlternativeName Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
surface form: Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
surface form: 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
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: 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

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Montgomery, Alabama knownFor Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama hasLandmark Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Alabama containsHistoricSite Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Alabama State Capitol locatedNear Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Rosa Parks Museum near Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church hasAlternativeName Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
this entity surface form: Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church hasAlternativeName Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
this entity surface form: Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church
Montgomery County, Alabama contains Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Dexter Avenue hasPart Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Dexter Avenue hasLandmark Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Dexter Avenue associatedWith Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Montgomery City Hall locatedNear Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church