Forgot your Password?
New Member Registration
Visit our sister site:
Landmark: Earth
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
454 Dexter AvenueMontgomery Montgomery County Alabama 36104
English: Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. was the pastor here.
Photo:
Public Domain
View This Landmark's Image Gallery
This church is where Dr. Martin Luther King organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
Current Rating: 4.33 by 3 voters.
Landmark Trivia
- Martin Luther King, Jr. was pastor of the church from 1954 to 1960.
- The church was founded in 1877.
- The church's name was changed to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in 1978.
- The former parsonage, where many of the church's pastors lived, is now a museum.
- Vernon Johns, considered by some as the father of the American Civil Rights Movement, was pastor of the church from 1947 to 1952.
Sources, References and External Links
Categories
No Comments have been posted.
