Olivet Baptist Church

CTL-E-0148 · Church · baptist · 1850s–contemporary

Verified evidence grade of this record

Historic Bronzeville Baptist church, among the largest Black congregations of its era

Relationships

Bronzeville — located in
Bronzeville Baptist church

Sources

Documented in Black Chicago church histories

Record CTL-E-0148 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: BCI-001, BVM-005, SCI-004.
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A converted-storefront church with cars of the congregation, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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