Gallery II
Notable Congregations
The gallery
The sanctuaries that carried the story — historic congregations, told as heritage, the way an architecture guide reads a cathedral.
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Mother Bethel A.M.E., Philadelphia
The Philadelphia congregation that became the cradle of the A.M.E. Church.
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Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem
A Harlem landmark where pulpit and public square share an address.
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First African Baptist Church, Savannah
Among the oldest Black congregations on the continent.
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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham
A Birmingham cornerstone of the civil-rights era.
