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First Union Missionary Baptist Church

Meridian, Mississippi
· Meridian Civil Rights Trail
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Founded in 1891, First Union Missionary Baptist Church served as a meeting place for numerous Civil Rights activities. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke here during the Freedom Summer of 1964. Weeks later, First Union was the site of activist James Chaney's funeral.
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