Antioch Baptist Church, which opened in 1885, is one of the oldest African-American churches in Wilcox County. It sits on a rise on the outskirts of …
This church was built by freed slaves in 1873, Berean is an offspring of Siloam Baptist Church. Siloam and local Baptists gave $1000 for the building …
This church is located on Marengo Co. Rd. 38 approximately 0.4 miles from the junction with Co. Rd. 63 and approximately 8 miles northeast of Thomasto …
Brown Chapel AME Church, with its imposing twin towers and Romanesque Revival styling, was built in 1908 by black builder – of whom little is known – …
The Clark Chapel United Methodist Church was founded by freed slaves in 1867, only two years after the end of the Civil War. This is one of the oldest …
Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) grew up on the farm of her parents, Obadiah “Obie” Scott and Bernice McMurray Scott, located north of Marion near the c …
This church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage (ARLH) on April 18, 2007. According to the Alabama Historical Commission’s P …
The Edmund Pettus Bridge spans over the Alabama River at downtown Selma, AL. It is a steel through-arch bridge that was designed by Henson K. Stephens …
Emory School, also known as the Tunstall School, is a historic Rosenwald School building located in rural Hale County, AL about midway between Greensb …
This Gothic Revival-style church building was constructed in 1894 by a local black architect, Dave Benjamin West. This church, along with its nearby n …
According to the August 5, 1866 minutes of the Uniontown Baptist Church, the Colored portion of the church requested that their White Brothers grant l …
This church congregation was established in 1869 at the Lincoln School by freed slaves and representatives of the American Missionary Association. The …
Around midnight on October 15, 1854, the four-story brick Howard College building (then located near the Siloam Baptist Church in Marion) caught fire. …
Located near the southern tip of Clarke County just west of Carlton is the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church and Cemetery. In the cemetery, there are three grav …
On February 18, 1965, the 26 year old Marion native, Jimmie Lee Jackson, was shot by an Alabama State Trooper while participating in a civil rights ma …
The Lincoln Normal School was a historic African American school in Marion, Alabama. Lincoln Normal was founded in 1867 by freed slaves as a school fo …
Pictured is a memorial to Vera Hall that is located at Livingston, AL across the street from the courthouse square on the corner of Franklin Street an …
This church was built in 1920. In 1964, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the Morning Star Church and it became a center for the civil rights …
The Oak Grove School is a historic two-room Rosenwald School that was built to serve the local African-American community. The school was constructed …
The Old Depot Museum is located at the old L&N Railroad Depot at the end of historic Water Avenue in downtown Selma. The Depot building was built …
Prairie Mission, also known as Prairie Institute, was established in 1894 by the Freedmen’s Board of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, …
This church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage (ARLH) on 9/27/07. According to the Alabama Historical Commission’s Preserve …
In 1867, the black members of the Uniontown Methodist Episcopal Church South withdrew and established their own church. For a short time, they met in …
In 1874, Rev. Lewis Johnston, the first African-American to be ordained a Reformed Presbyterian minister, arrived in Selma to preach the Gospel. On Ju …
Born in Rosebud in 1874, Rosa Young graduated valedictorian from Payne University in Selma. She opened a private school with seven students, which gre …
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail was established by Congress in 1996, to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting R …
This is a historic African-American school that was founded in 1893 by Dr. William J. Edwards, a graduate of Tuskegee University. The school opened as …
The Beloit Industrial Institute, which operated from 1888 to 1923, was the first Christian school for African-Americans in Dallas County. It was locat …
Gee’s Bend is a small rural community located in a curve in the Alabama River in the northern part of Wilcox County, AL. Founded in the early 1800s, …
On the night of March 21, 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sought refuge from the Ku Klux Klan inside a small, shotgun-style home in the depot neighb …
The Thomaston Colored Institute, also known as the Thomaston Academy, is a historic African American school building in the town of Thomaston, AL. Thi …
Williams’ Temple CME Church at Thomasville, AL (consolidated with Booker City to form Miles College)
In 1898, the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, seeking to serve the educational needs of black students opened a school and church in Thomasville, …
Located adjacent to the town square, Zion United Methodist Church was a focal point for the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The night march that …