Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, United States
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is a Protestant church in Montgomery, Alabama, affiliated with the Progressive National Baptist Convention and located steps from the Alabama State Capitol. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974 for its role in the civil rights movement, it was renamed the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in 1978 in memory of Martin Luther King Jr., who served as its pastor and helped organize the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott.
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- Type
- Protestant church building
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Montgomery, United States
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