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The Abyssinian Baptist Church Bicentennial Exhibition

From February 4, 2008 through May 31, 2008
Exhibition Hall
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801 (directions)

Abyssinian
Abyssinian Baptist Church

The exhibition traces the evolution of the church from its founding in Lower Manhattan in 1808 as the first African-American Baptist Church in the state of New York through its current work as an agent for positive social change in the Harlem community and the city of New York.