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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.66303_03.001
Description
The First Baptist Church (now known as Beale Street Baptist Church) was built in 1869. It was the first church built for Black Memphians and was home to the first Black newspaper, The Memphis Free Speech. In 2018, the City of Memphis designated this property as a site on the Memphis Heritage Trail.
Date Created
2023
Date
1944-04
Recommended Citation
"First Baptist Church, Memphis, 1944" (2023). Buildings. 58.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar7/58
Keywords
First Baptist Church (Memphis, Tenn.); Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.); Churches--Tennessee--Memphis
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