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Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Organized 1877
The second black Baptist Church in Montgomery. First pastor was Rev. C. O. Boothe. Present structure built 1885. Designed by Pelham J. Anderson; built by William Watkins , a member of the congregation.
Many prominent black citizens of Montgomery have been members. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., served as pastor (1954-1960). Montgomery bus boycott organized here December 2, 1955.
Montgomery is no longer what it was when, thirty years ago, Bro. Ashby spoke in the afternoon in the basement of the white church. Six colored Baptist churches now worship within the city and suburbs of Montgomery. The edifice of Dexter Avenue Church, standing near the first capital of the ex-Confederacy, is one of the most substantial and neat brick structures hi the city, and the congregation which worships therein are people of money and refinement. Messrs. H. A. Loveless, the coal dealer, William Watkins, the contractor, and Charles Steers, the upholsterer, are owners and managers of large affairs, involving thousands of dollars.</p>
<p TEIform="p">The colored people of this city own many hundred thousand dollars in real estate. Mr. Billingslea, the barber, is said to own $300,000. Dr. Dorsett runs a successful drug business in one of the lower departments of a two-story brick building owned by himself. The widow or the late Hon. James Hale was built and is maintaining an infirmary for the sick poor people of her race.</p>
Contrast this state of things with thirty years ago, when the colored people, like
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dumb driven cattle
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before hound and lash, wended their way in the
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death march
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of slavery, and ask if the negro of to-day is the negro of thirty years ago. There is on Dexter avenue, in the city of Montgomery, an old brick building wherein the trader used to pen his slaves to await his purchasers. Herein the
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writer organized the Dexter Avenue Church. Compare the occupants of the slave pen with the audience in Dexter Avenue Church.
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- William Watkins
born 1834 VA
- Sucessful contractor and land -owner in Montgomery Alabama
- Built the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church known Martin Luther King;s Pastorate
- Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Organized 1877
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The second black Baptist Church in Montgomery. First pastor was Rev. C. O. Boothe. Present structure built 1885. Designed by Pelham J. Anderson; built by William Watkins, a member of the congregation.
Many prominent black citizens of Montgomery have been members. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., served as pastor (1954-1960). Montgomery bus boycott organized here December 2, 1955.
Mother: Research II
Father: Research
Children:
- Lula Watkins Patterson DeMond
- Viola Watkins Posey
- William F Watkins
- Albert Watkins
- Alica Watkins Garrett
- Gertrude Watkins
- Emmett Mathews
Mother: Alice Posey Matthews
Father: Chuck Matthews
Children:
- Evan Davis
Mother: Unknown
Father: Unknown
Children:
- Chris
Mother: Unknown
Father: Unknown
Children:
- Kenny
Mother: Unknown
Father: Unknown
Children:
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Theordore Demond |
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1829 |
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Susan V Demond |
Ovid, Seneca, NY |
abt 1841 |
New York |
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Edward B Demond |
Ovid, Seneca, NY |
abt 1869 |
New York |
Colored |
Male |
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George G Demond |
Ovid, Seneca, NY |
abt 1866 |
New York |
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John L Demond |
Ovid, Seneca, NY |
abt 1863 |
New York |
Colored |
Male |
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Susan V Demond |
Ovid, Seneca, NY |
abt 1841 |
New York |
Colored |
Female |
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Willet W Demond |
Ovid, Seneca, NY |
abt 1865 |
New York |
Colored |
Male |
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Theodore C Demond |
Jennie F Demond |
Port Jervis, Orange, NY |
abt 1875 |
New York |
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Jennie F Demond |
Theodore C Demond |
Port Jervis, Orange, NY |
abt 1887 |
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Margaret L Demond |
Theodore C Demond,
Jennie F Demond |
Port Jervis, Orange, NY |
abt 1915 |
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Martin T Demond |
Theodore C Demond,
Jennie F Demond |
Port Jervis, Orange, NY |
abt 1917 |
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Ruth M Demond |
Theodore C Demond,
Jennie F Demond |
Port Jervis, Orange, NY |
abt 1919 |
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