First Baptist Church of Ensley

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First Baptist Church of Ensley is located at 1508 19th Street in Ensley. It was established in 1900 and had an earlier buidling located at 1534 in 19th Street.

Because of its role in the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, it was recognized as a "movement church" by the Birmingham Historical Society.

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Pastors

Wesley H. Thomas, 1934 - October 1956)
Walter L. Little, 1960-1961
Alfred D. Williams King, 1963-1964
Thomas E. Gilmore, 1998
Tyree A. Anderson, 2022

External Site

First Baptist Church of Ensley website

References

White, Marjorie Longenecker (1998) A Walk to Freedom: The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, 1956-1964. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society. ISBN 0943994241

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