Ceramic plate commemorating the Centennial of the 16th Street Baptist Church

Object Details

Description: A commemorative ceramic plate featuring an image of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The plate has a cream colored background with a dark green transfer pattern that depicts the 16th Street Baptist Church in a central roundel. Over the top of the image is text within a banner that reads “1873 Centennial 1973." At the bottom is a banner with text that reads "Sixteenth Street Baptist Church/ Birmingham, Alabama." Around the plate's edge is wide border, also in dark green. The border consists of closely spaced radiating striations under a fruit and floral motif. There are three small roundels placed around the border. One depicts a cross, one an open book, and the bottom depicts a goblet and plate and bread. On the bottom of the plate is text in green that reads "SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH / Birmingham, Alabama / CENTENNIAL / 1873-1973 / Kettlesprings / Kilns / Alliance, Ohio / 2290-S."

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marilynn Syphax in memory of Harriet Irene White

1973

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place depicted: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; American South; Baptist; Civil Rights; Communities; Design; Hate crimes; Religion; Resistance

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