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5 days ago · In 1954, King became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He had always been a strong advocate for the Civil Rights movement, and by 1954, he was a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
May 17, 2024 · Charles Octavius Boothe (1845-1924) was an influential Black Baptist preacher, educator, and author who worked with white leaders and philanthropists to assist African Americans in post–Civil War Alabama. He helped found Selma University, the Dexter Avenue-King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, and the Colored Baptist Missionary Convention for the State of Alabama, the first statewide […]
May 16, 2024 · The third of the Kings' four children, Dexter King was named for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where his father served as a pastor when the Montgomery bus boycott ...
1 day ago · Her father called Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to serve as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, as president of the church's board of directors.
4 days ago · Blue Springs Baptist Church, as shown in this 2019 file photo, was located near Sylacauga on Coosa County Road 99. ... 445 Dexter Avenue; Suite 7000; Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 288-1212; Terms of ...
1 day ago · Martin Luther King Jr., then the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and E.D. Nixon, a local civil rights advocate, founded the Montgomery Improvement Association to organize the boycott. In June 1956, the US District Court Judge Frank M. Johnson ruled that Montgomery's bus racial segregation was unconstitutional.
May 8, 2024 · Alabama: Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery. Alabama's churches number in their thousands, but this one is significant for its Civil Rights history. Here, at the zenith of the Civil Rights ...
