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Observations on Religion in Birmingham, Alabama, by Samford University Religious Studies Students

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Sardis Missionary Baptist Church, Sunday Worship

Sardis Missionary Baptist Church, Sunday Worship

Transformation in Tradition

Posted on April 29, 2023April 30, 2023 by David R. BainsIn Baptist, Birmingham, Civil Rights Movement, Five Points West, Music, Worship

Woodlawn’s Religious Landscape

Woodlawn’s Religious Landscape

Posted on March 26, 2023April 27, 2023 by David R. BainsIn Birmingham, Cemeteries, Civil Rights Movement, Woodlawn

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Sunday Worship

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Sunday Worship

Posted on May 21, 2021April 30, 2023 by David R. BainsIn Baptist, Birmingham, Civil Rights Movement, Downtown, Liturgy, Music, Worship

Bethel Baptist Church of Collegeville’s Worship and Preaching

Bethel Baptist Church of Collegeville’s Worship and Preaching

Posted on May 19, 2021May 21, 2021 by David R. BainsIn Baptist, Birmingham, Civil Rights Movement, Collegeville, Covid-19, Liturgy, Worship

Jefferson County Courthouse Murals

Jefferson County Courthouse Murals

These amazing paintings demonstrate how one can communicate through art. They demonstrate the importance and value of history and also the importance and value of the future

Posted on November 23, 2020June 19, 2021 by emmabucklesIn Art, Birmingham, Civil Rights Movement, Downtown, Images

Three Kneeling Ministers Statue at Kelly Ingram Park

Three Kneeling Ministers Statue at Kelly Ingram Park

This sculpture is one of the few pieces of art in . . . the greater Birmingham area, that displays a religious act in the context of a political movement.

Posted on November 19, 2020November 24, 2020 by emmabucklesIn Art, Baptist, Birmingham, Civil Rights Movement, Downtown

“Fred Shuttlesworth” by John Rhoden

“Fred Shuttlesworth” by John Rhoden

By displaying Shuttlesworth and other activists in memorials, the city of Birmingham is acknowledging its unfortunate past and using it as an anthem of hope

Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by emmabucklesIn Baptist, Birmingham, Civil Rights Movement, Downtown

Category: Civil Rights Movement

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