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Title	Oak Street Baptist Church: history and property description
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van
Contributor(s)	Nelson, Linda; White, Marjorie
Date	2005?
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Oak Street Baptist Church
Property type	Church
Community Name	Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Description	History and property description of Oak Street Baptist Church.
Historical Notes	Oak Street Baptist Church, organized in 1916, is significant for its involvement in the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and its subsequent role as home of the Collegeville Neighborhood Association. It's present building was built in 1961-1962, at a time that church membership grew in response to the building civil rights movement. The church was an important strategy center and source of activism in the Collegeville neighborhood, which was the center of the ACMHR movement in the city. Strategy meetings about participation in the Project C demonstrations as well as voter registration methods took place at the church from 1963 to 1965. In 1965, the church became home to the Collegeville Neighborhood Association, which was a significant local institution in implementing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the mid-1970s.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American Churches -- Tennessee Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Civil rights -- United States
Language	eng
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Genre	History
Medium	Paper
Extent	4 pg, 8.5 x 11 in.
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	OakStreet013

Oak Street Baptist Church: history and property description

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Oak Street Baptist Church: history and property description