Everything about The Abyssinian Baptist Church totally explained
The
Abyssinian Baptist Church is among the most famous of the many churches in
Harlem, New York City.
The church traces its roots to 1808, when black parishioners left the First Baptist Church of New York in protest over racially segregated seating. In 1908,
Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. became pastor of the church, and in 1923, he oversaw its move uptown to its current location on West 138th Street in Harlem. Among many important events there, the church conducted the wedding of
Nat King Cole and his bride Maria and the funeral of "The Father of Blues,"
W.C. Handy in 1958.
Today, under the direction of Rev.
Calvin O. Butts, the church is a vital political, social, and religious institution in New York.
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