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St. Luke AME Church

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St. Luke A.M.E. Church, Birmingham, Alabama
St. Luke A.M.E. Church, Birmingham, Alabama

St. Luke AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 2803 21st Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama. It was designed by the pioneering African American Architect Wallace Rayfield. It was built in 1926 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The church was significant in the civil rights movement.

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St. Luke AME Church
28th Street North, Birmingham North Birmingham

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28th Street North 2047
35234 Birmingham, North Birmingham
Alabama, United States
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