Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church (Selma, Alabama)

Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, taken in 2000.
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Location	410 Martin Luther King, Jr., Street, Selma, Alabama
Coordinates	32°24′44.65″N 87°0′58.19″W / 32.4124028°N 87.0161639°W / 32.4124028; -87.0161639Coordinates: 32°24′44.65″N 87°0′58.19″W / 32.4124028°N 87.0161639°W / 32.4124028; -87.0161639
Built	1908
Architect	A. J. Farley
NRHP Reference #	82002009
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 4, 1982
Designated NHL	December 12, 1997
Designated ARLH	June 16, 1976

Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church in Selma, Alabama, United States. This church was a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and, as the meeting place and offices of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during the Selma Movement, played a major role in the events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The nation's reaction to Selma's "Bloody Sunday" march is widely credited with making the passage of the Voting Rights Act politically viable in the United States Congress.

It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on June 16, 1976 and later declared a National Historic Landmark on February 4, 1982.