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Brown Chapel AME Church


category : Historic Churches
1st AME church in state (1866). Headquarters for Blacks during Voting Rights movement. Starting point for Selma-to-Montgomery marchers; Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail/All-American Road begins here.


Admission: Free
Hours: Open by appt.
Address: 410 Martin Luther King St.
Phone: 334-874-7897
Fax: 334-874-7899

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Brown Chapel AME Church

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