Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

This church dates from 1877 and has served the African American community since 1887 when it hosted the first registration of black students for Alabama State University. This church has figured prominently in the Civil Rights Movement as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was its pastor from 1954 to 1960. Dr. King organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the basement of this church.

Being in this humble small church brought to mind the bible verse from Matthew 23:12 ""And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted."  Rev. Martin Luther King certainly has a prominent place in heaven for the work that he did here on earth.

Sanctuary

Some of the stained glass windows

Altar

When we left the Civil Rights Memorial we drove past a home firebombed in 1956 when Rev. King and his family lived there before heading back to our campsite in southwestern Montgomery.