Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

Tour the brick church where Martin Luther King Jr. was pastor and helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott.

454 Dexter Ave · Montgomery, AL

About Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

This brick church was completed in 1889 for a congregation that freedmen organized in 1877, and it is now a National Historic Landmark. Martin Luther King Jr. served as pastor here from 1954 to 1960 and directed the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott from his basement office. Guided tours take you into the sanctuary where he preached, and the nearby Dexter Parsonage Museum shows the home where his family lived. Church tours are by appointment only, so call ahead.

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