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Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma
Brown Chapel AME Church
, in
Selma
,
Dallas County
, played a pivotal role in the passage of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
. The church served as a meeting space for the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
to coordinate its voter rights project in Selma. And it was the starting point for the
Selma to Montgomery marches
. The brick church, with twin towers, was built in 1908 in the Romanesque Revival style. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1982 and is a stop on the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
Courtesy of the Mobile Press-Register. All rights reserved. Used with permission.