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Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, taken in 2000.
Location:	410 Martin Luther King, Jr., Street, Selma, Alabama
Coordinates:	32°24′44.65″N 87°0′58.19″W / 32.4124028°N 87.0161639°W / 32.4124028; -87.0161639Coordinates: 32°24′44.65″N 87°0′58.19″W / 32.4124028°N 87.0161639°W / 32.4124028; -87.0161639
Built/Founded:	1908
Architect:	Farley,A.J.
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Governing body:	Private
Added to NRHP:	February 04, 1982[1]
Designated NHL:	December 12, 1997[2]
Designated ARLH:	June 16, 1976
NRHP Reference#:	82002009

Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church in Selma, Alabama, United States. This church was a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and played a major role in the events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The nation's reaction to Selma's "Bloody Sunday March" is widely credited with making the passage of the Voting Rights Act politically viable in the United States Congress.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.^[2][3]

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

References

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