Abyssinian Baptist Church

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African-American church Baptist church historic church

Abyssinian Baptist Church is a historic and influential African-American Baptist congregation in Harlem, New York City, long known as a center of Black religious, cultural, and civil rights life.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-American church → Baptist church → historic church →
affiliation	National Baptist Convention USA →
associatedWithCommunity	Harlem community →
associatedWithMovement	American civil rights movement →
borough	Manhattan →
city	New York City →
country	United States → United States of America →
foundedIn	New York City →
foundersOrigin	African Americans → Ethiopia →
foundingYear	1808 →
hasArchitecturalStyle	Gothic Revival →
hasCongregationType	African-American congregation →
hasCulturalRole	support of Black arts and music →
hasFormerStreetName	West 138th Street NERFINISHED →
hasFunction	community center → cultural venue → place of worship → site of political organizing →
hasHistoricalSignificance	one of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in New York City →
hasMainBuildingAddress	132 Odell Clark Place →
hasProgram	educational programs → music ministry → social justice programs → youth programs →
hasServiceType	Baptist worship services →
knownAs	center of Black cultural life in Harlem → center of Black religious life in Harlem → center of civil rights activism in New York City →
languageOfWorship	English →
locatedIn	Harlem → Manhattan → New York City → New York State →
neighborhood	Central Harlem →
notableFor	Black cultural life → role in African-American religious life → role in Harlem community development → role in civil rights movement →
notableLeader	Adam Clayton Powell Jr. → Adam Clayton Powell Sr. → Calvin O. Butts III → Samuel DeWitt Proctor →
religiousAffiliation	Christianity →
religiousDenomination	Baptist →
state	New York →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harlem → Harlem →	hasLandmark