United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.099831708/2022First 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/andrew-bryan-1737-1812http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ralph-mark-gilbert-civil-rights-museumForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/andrew-bryan-1737-1812http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ralph-mark-gilbert-civil-rights-museumForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaChurch buildings--Georgia--SavannahBaptist church buildings--Georgia--SavannahHistoric buildings--Georgia--SavannahSavannah (Ga.)--Church historyStained glass windows--Georgia--SavannahAfrican American Baptists--Georgia--SavannahAfrican Americans--Georgia--ReligionBuildings--Georgia--SavannahFirst African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.)First African Baptist ChurchStillImage