Bethel Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama)
Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guardhouse
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Bethel Baptist Church in 1993
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Location | 3233, 3232 and 3236 29th Avenue North, Collegeville, Alabama |
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Architectural style | Modern Movement |
NRHP Reference # | 05000455 |
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Added to NRHP | April 5, 2005[2] |
Designated NHL | April 05, 2005[3] |
Designated ARLH | November 13, 1996[1] |
Bethel Baptist Church in the Collegeville neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama served as headquarters from 1956 to 1961 for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR), which was led by Fred Shuttlesworth and active in the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement. The ACMHR focused on legal and nonviolent direct action against segregated accommodations, transportation, schools and employment discrimination. It played a crucial role in the 1961 Freedom Ride that resulted in federal enforcement of U.S. Supreme Court and Interstate Commerce Commission rulings to desegregate public transportation.[3]
Fred Shuttlesworth served as pastor from 1953 to 1961. The church buildings were bombed on three separate occasions, first on December 25, 1956, again on June 29, 1958,[4] and lastly on December 14, 1962.[5][6][7]
The church complex was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on November 13, 1996.[1] It was then added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark on April 5, 2005.[2][3][8]
See also
References
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- ↑ In 1980 J. B. Stoner was convicted in connection with this bombing.
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External links
- Bethel Baptist Church Collegeville website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. Al-977, "Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL", 13 photos, 1 color transparency, 3 measured drawings, 2 photo caption pages
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- National Historic Landmarks in Alabama
- National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- African-American history of Alabama
- Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
- Churches in Birmingham, Alabama
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama
- Alabama Registered Historic Place stubs
- Alabama church stubs