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

Mount Ararat Baptist Church: sign for worship services

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