First Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama)

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African-American church Baptist church church civil rights movement site historic place

First Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, is a historic African American church that played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly in organizing voting rights marches and activism in the 1960s.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Baptist Church, Selma	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-American church ⓘ Baptist church ⓘ church ⓘ civil rights movement site ⓘ historic place ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	1960s Civil Rights Movement ⓘ Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ surface form: Selma voting rights campaign voting rights marches from Selma ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Dallas County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	African American community organizing ⓘ nonviolent protest ⓘ racial equality ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
city	Selma ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContext	Black church tradition in the United States ⓘ
denomination	Baptist ⓘ
heritage	African American religious heritage ⓘ
location	Selma, Alabama ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement
notableFor	leadership in African American civic life in Selma ⓘ role in organizing Selma voting rights activities ⓘ
notablePeriod	1960s ⓘ
primaryCongregation	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
region	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South
religiousAffiliation	Christianity ⓘ
roleInHistory	center for voting rights activism in the 1960s ⓘ central role in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ meeting place for civil rights leaders ⓘ organizing site for voting rights marches ⓘ
significance	important organizing hub for civil rights activism ⓘ symbol of African American struggle for voting rights ⓘ
state	Alabama ⓘ
usedFor	community organizing ⓘ mass meetings during the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ planning civil rights demonstrations ⓘ religious services ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Selma → hasHistoricSite → First Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Baptist Church, Selma

Selma, Alabama → hasReligiousSite → First Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) ⓘ