4 churches connected to Civil Rights Movement could make UNESCO World Heritage List

Four churches in Alabama and Georgia are among 11 national Civil Rights Movement sites that the U.S. government could nominate for inclusion on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage List.

The U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Tuesday that the National Park Service was authorized to prepare potential nominations for Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia; 16th Street Baptist Church and Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama; and Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

Other Civil Rights Movement sites being considered for nomination are the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Anniston, Alabama; Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas; the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home in Jackson, Mississippi; the Robert Russa Moton High School/Museum in Farmville, Virginia; and the Lincoln Memorial and Grounds in Washington, D.C.

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