Title	Sardis Baptist Church: detail of stone and brick
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	2005?
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	First Baptist Church East Nashville
Property type	Church
National Register Reference	05000298 listed April 20, 2005
Community Name	Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Latitude/Longitude	33.525575,-86.830038
Description	Color photograph of the exterior wall of the church, showing the juncture of the stone foundation wall and the brick veneer.
Historical Notes	Sardis Baptist Church played a key role in the advancement of civil rights in Alabama, most notably as the site of a 1956 meeting at which the Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Rights (ACMHR) was formed. ACMHR replaced the NAACP, which was banned by the State of Alabama, and was a contributor to formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Sardis Baptist was one of many African American churches in Birmingham and elsewhere that hosted regular mass meetings to combine worship with advancement of civil rights efforts. The congregation of Sardis Baptist Church dates to 1884 but its buildings were constructed during the twentieth century: a Gothic Revival building in 1907 and a large education building in 1962-63. The church served a stable working-class community on Enon Ridge and was very much a community center.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American churches
Subject-TGM	Churches
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Medium	Paper
Extent	4 x 6 in.
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
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
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	Sardis002