Fountain Heights in Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Metropolitan AME Zion Church
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Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 5, 2021
1. Metropolitan AME Zion Church Marker
Metropolitan AME Zion Church was one of the Movement churches, hosting ACMHR mass meetings in 1962 and serving as one of the starting points of the massive demonstrations of April - May 1963. “Project C" leaders also held many of their strategy sessions in the church's basement, such as training youth in the Civil Rights Movement's principles of nonviolence.
"We stood up like men of faith, with love in our hearts."
Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham Civil Rights Foot Soldier General, in the annual report to the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, June 1957.
Lesson C13: What is the difference between an African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and a Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church? How do their histories in the Movement differ?
Erected by the Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail. (Marker Number C13.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1963.
Location. 33° 30.868′ N,
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Regionally, this marker is in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A. G. Gaston Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Arthur D. Shores (about 300 feet away); Fraternal Hotel Building (about 300 feet away); Shores-Lee Law Offices/Post Office Garage (about 300 feet away); Black Business Plans (about 400 feet away); Dr. Ruth J. Jackson (about 400
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 5, 2021
2. Metropolitan AME Zion Church Marker
Regarding Metropolitan AME Zion Church. The Civil Rights Activist Committee “Home of the Foot Soldiers“ is the Information Center for the Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 5, 2021
3. Metropolitan AME Zion Church & Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 972 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 10, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
