Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Alabama)
The church was established in 1877 as the Second Colored Baptist church in Montgomery. The present building was completed in 1889.
In 1954, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was assigned to this church for his first post-graduate assignment. He led the bus boycott movement centered on this church and became one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement. He remained active in this church until January 1960.
In 1978, ten years after Dr. King was assassinated, the church was renamed Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.
