The Encyclopedia of Alabama's article on Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is a state sponsored reference encyclopedia entry on the Montgomery church founded in 1877, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974 and renamed in 1978 to honor Martin Luther King Jr., its pastor from 1954 to 1960 during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Its authority rests on the Encyclopedia of Alabama's standard editorial and fact checking process as a state humanities council reference project. It is a general reference article rather than a specialist civil rights history, so a claim needing fine historical detail about the boycott itself benefits from a dedicated scholarly source as well.
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The Encyclopedia of Alabama's article on Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the middle tier reflecting a state sponsored reference encyclopedia entry resting on the Encyclopedia's standard editorial and fact checking process as a state humanities council reference project. It is a general reference article rather than a specialist civil rights history, so a claim needing fine historical detail about the Montgomery Bus Boycott benefits from a dedicated scholarly source as well. NotesAn Encyclopedia of Alabama reference entry on Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church; a state reference encyclopedia article, not independent scholarly analysis.
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AuthorEncyclopedia of Alabama
PublisherEncyclopedia of Alabama
URLhttps://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/dexter-avenue-king-memorial-baptist-church/
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Baptist directly: "article on Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is a state sponsored reference encyclopedia entry on the Montgomery church founded in 1877, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974 and..."
This source names Martin Luther directly: "in 1974 and renamed in 1978 to honor Martin Luther King Jr., its pastor from 1954 to 1960 during the Montgomery Bus Boycott."
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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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