Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Brown A.M.E. Chapel (in front of you) served as a safe haven for supporters during the voting rights campaign. Pastor P.H. Lewis and his congregation courageously broke the injunction prohibiting African Americans from holding mass meetings, making Brown Chapel the gathering place for protestors and organizers. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke here on January 2, 1965, and urged black citizens to exercise their right to vote. They heeded the call. In the following weeks registrants lined up outside the Dallas County Courthouse. When repeatedly turned away by Sheriff Jim Clark, they returned to Brown Chapel for protection meals, prayer, and encouragement. The chapel's imposing Romanesque towers became a symbol of the voting rights movement, even to people outside Selma.| HM Number | HM2FJ9 |
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| Placed By | National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, April 11th, 2019 at 11:01pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 498450 N 3586143 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.41235000, -87.01648333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 24.741', W 87° 0.989' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 24' 44.46" N, 87° 0' 59.34" W |
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| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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