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Title
Mount
Ararat
Baptist
Church
:
sign
for
worship
services
Creator(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
,
photographer
Date
2005
?
Coverage
2000-2009
Property name
Mount Ararat Baptist Church
Property type
Church
National Register Reference
05000307
listed
April
19
,
2005
Community Name
Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Description
Black
and
white
photograph
of the
sign
outside
of
Mt
Ararat
Baptist
Church
indicating
the
times
of
regular
worship
and a
special
"
Men's
Day
"
program
. The
front
of the
church
is
in the
background
, with
broad
steps
leading
up
to the
entrance
.
Historical Notes
Mount
Ararat
Baptist
Church
,
located
in the
Ensley
neighborhood
of
Birmingham
,
is
a
locally
significant
property
associated
with the
Alabama
Christian
Movement
for
Human
Rights
and the
civil
rights
movement
in
Birmingham
from
1956
to
1963
.
Baptists
associated
with the
earlier
Shiloh
Baptist
Church
of
Ensley
established
Mt
Ararat
Missionary
Baptist
Church
c
.
1915
,
purchasing
the
property
from the
Tennessee
Coal
and
Iron
Company
.
When
the
church
burned
after
a
lightning
strike
in
1929
, the
congregation
hired
African
American
architect
Wallace
Rayfield
to
design
a
larger
and
more
architecturally
distinctive
sanctuary
.
Reverend
John
H
.
Glover
,
pastor
from
1936
to
1973
,
expanded
the
church's
education
mission
and
community
outreach
programs
. He was a
New
Deal
reformer
and
encouraged
a
spirit
of
activism
in
all
aspects
of
church
life
,
including
the
church's
later
involvement
in the
ACMHR
.
However
,
Glover
stopped
allowing
the
church
to
participate
in the
ACMHR
meetings
c
.
1958
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American Churches -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM
Churches
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
5
x
7
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
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