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, who organized the

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, was formed in the building. During the

Selma to Montgomery marches The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the ...

in 1965, marchers rested at the church on their way to the

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. It is included on the

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. The congregation moved to a new location in 1990, and on November 4, 2002, the building was added to the U.S.

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. The sides of the building are decorated with murals depicting

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, and the Selma to Montgomery marches.

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* {{National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery, Alabama Churches in Montgomery, Alabama Neoclassical architecture in Alabama African Methodist Episcopal Zion churches in Alabama African-American history in Montgomery, Alabama Neoclassical church buildings in the United States