Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church

Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church (HMMJA)

Location: Washington, DC 20020
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 51.557', W 76° 59.701'

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2562 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE

— African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC —

Campbell AME, established in 1867 as Mount Zion AME, was an outgrowth of its overcrowded parent church, Allen Chapel AME, founded in 1850. When it moved to a location near the present one in 1890, Mount Zion was renamed for AME Bishop Jabez B. Campbell. Frederick Douglass attended Campbell's dedication ceremonies and occasionally spoke at the church.

In 1950, under the leadership of Rev. Samuel Everette Guiles, the church organized the Campbell Civic Club, and began hosting NAACP strategy meetings and rallies to fight public school segregation. Church members were plaintiffs in Bolling v. Sharpe, a companion case to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

[Photo caption:]
Barbara (left) and Adrienne Jennings, two of the Bolling plaintiffs, celebrate the Brown decision with their mother, Luberta Jennings.
Star Collection, DC Public Library : Washington Post
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HM NumberHMMJA
Series This marker is part of the Washington, D.C.: African American Heritage Trail series
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Placed ByCultural Tourism DC - Funded by the DC Historic Preservation Office
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 5:07am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 326898 N 4303052
Decimal Degrees38.85928333, -76.99501667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 51.557', W 76° 59.701'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 51' 33.42" N, 76° 59' 42.06" W
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Area Code(s)202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2502 Stanton Rd SE, Washington DC 20020, US
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