- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- First African Baptist Church
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Church buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Baptist church buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Historic buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah (Ga.)--Church history
Stained glass windows--Georgia--Savannah
African American Baptists--Georgia--Savannah
African Americans--Georgia--Religion
Buildings--Georgia--Savannah
First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- First African Baptist Church, which was established during the 1770s, played an important part in the Savannah civil rights movement. The stained-glass windows in the current church building, located at 23 Montgomery Street in Savannah, feature prominent Black leaders.
Photograph of the historic First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia. This church, which was established during the 1770s and later played an important part in the Savannah civil rights movement, is one of the oldest continuously existing black congregations in the United States. The brick structure features a bell tower rising above the entrance. The stained-glass windows in the current church building, located at 23 Montgomery Street in Savannah, feature prominent black leaders. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ralph-mark-gilbert-civil-rights-museum/m-3144/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Carl Elmore. Courtesy of Savannah Morning News
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/andrew-bryan-1737-1812
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ralph-mark-gilbert-civil-rights-museum
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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