South Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles

2nd Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, July 7, 2021

1. Second Baptist Church Marker

Inscription.
Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior, March 17, 2009.

Erected 2009 by National Park Service. (Marker Number 200.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Civil Rights • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1926.

Location. 34° 1.282′ N, 118° 15.368′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in South Los Angeles. It is at the intersection of 24th Street and Griffith Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 24th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2412 Griffith Ave, Los Angeles CA 90011, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the

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Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Second Baptist Church (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lincoln Theatre (about 700 feet away); Lincoln Theater (about 700 feet away); Liberty Savings and Loan (about 800 feet away); 28th Street YMCA (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jack’s Basket Room (approx. half a mile away); Jack’s Chicken Basket (approx. half a mile away); African American Firefighters (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Regarding Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles. This is an African-American Baptist church located in South Los Angeles. The Lombardy Romanesque Revival building was built in 1926 and was listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 200 in 1978. The church has been an important force in the Civil Rights Movement, hosting national conventions of the NAACP in 1928, 1942, and 1949, and also serving as the site of important speeches by Martin Luther King Jr.,

Photographed by Craig Baker, July 7, 2021

2. Second Baptist Church Marker

Malcolm X, and others.