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How the Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a seat of Black power for generations in Atlanta

  • Written by Jason Oliver Evans, Ph.D. Student in Religious Studies, University of Virginia
How the Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a seat of Black power for generations in AtlantaDr. Martin Luther King Jr. preaching from his pulpit in 1960 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.Dozier Mobley/Getty Images

The high-stakes U.S. Senate race in Georgia catapulted the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church back into the spotlight. For 135 years, the church played a vital role in the fight against racism and the civil rights...

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