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1965 - Friendship Baptist Church Is Demolished

Friendship Baptist Church in Second Ward
Event Date: 
April 18, 1975
Event Type: 
Turbulent Times 1960-1979

April 18, 1965 - Friendship Baptist Church in Second Ward is demolished.

  • After holding church services in the Northwest Junior High auditorium for seven years, the congregation finally raises enough money to rebuild the church on Beatties Ford Rd. 
  • Of the 12 churches in Brooklyn, only one survives urban renewal.