Hayneville in Lowndes County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

First Missionary Baptist Church, Hayneville

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, 2023

1. First Missionary Baptist Church, Hayneville Marker

Inscription. The church, founded in 1893, played important roles in the 1960s’ voting rights struggle in Lowndes County. The second building constructed in c. 1959 hosted community meetings and voter registration activities. The Lowndes County Freedom Party, created by newly registered black voters barred from the Democratic Party, held its convention in the church. There in 1966, about 900 black voters cast their ballots for a slate of African American candidates. First Missionary Baptist Church, Hayneville is listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage

Erected 2013 by Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1966.

Location. 32° 10.743′ N, 86° 35.141′ W. Marker is in Hayneville, Alabama, in Lowndes County. It is at the intersection of Pine Street and Knight Street, on the left when traveling south on Pine Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 621 Pine St, Hayneville AL 36040, United States of America.

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Varner's Cash Store (approx. 0.3 miles away); In Memory of Jonathan Myrick Daniels (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lynching in America / The Courthouse Lynching of Theo Calloway (approx. half a mile away); Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 5.7 miles away); Elmore Bolling (approx. 6.1 miles away); Lewis-Smith Cemetery (approx. 6.6 miles away); Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery (approx. 6.6 miles away); Viola Liuzzo (approx. 6.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hayneville.

Other markers no longer nearby. The Soldier Dead of Lowndes

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, 2023

2. First Missionary Baptist Church, Hayneville Marker

(was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed); Hayneville (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing); Town of Hayneville (was approx. half a mile away but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on October 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 2, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.