Bethel Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama)

	Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guardhouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
	Bethel Baptist Church in 1993
Location	3233, 3232 and 3236 29th Avenue North, Collegeville, Birmingham, Alabama
Coordinates	33°33′06.5″N 86°48′07.3″W / 33.551806°N 86.802028°W
Area	less than one acre
NRHP reference No.	05000455
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 5, 2005
Designated NHL	April 05, 2005
Designated ARLH	November 13, 1996

Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the Collegeville neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. The church served as headquarters from 1956 to 1961 for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR), which was led by Fred Shuttlesworth and active in the Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement. The ACMHR focused on legal and nonviolent direct action against segregated accommodations, transportation, schools and employment discrimination. It played a crucial role in the 1961 Freedom Rides that resulted in federal enforcement of U.S. Supreme Court and Interstate Commerce Commission rulings to desegregate public transportation.^[3]

^ "Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage". Alabama Historical Commission. www.preserveala.org. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guard House". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 3, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2008.