Photo of Lincoln Temple after church service, ca. 1930s

ID: 3963 ~ Source: Courtesy of Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ Archives

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Lincoln Temple Congregational Church: 1701 11th Street NW

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Lincoln Temple Congregational Church: 1701 11th Street NW

Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Lincoln Temple Congregational Church: 1701 11th Street NW

In 1939, Lincoln Temple Congregational Church was the site of a mass meeting to "Abolish Modern Slavery," hosted by the National Negro Congress (NNC). With a goal of focusing attention on police…