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Today, Historic Brown Chapel AME tour guides, Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr., walked outside and down the sidewalk with the “Operation Understanding DC” tour group. This photo was taken on a very historic site. This is where Lewis Scott, ( who was a blind man) operated a store during the Civil and Voting Rights Movement. Many civil rights leaders and activists, as well as George Washington Carver Homes residents, purchased items from that store during the movement in 1965. The photo is taken next to a landmark honoring Lewis Scott.
Thank you to the students and staff of “Operation Understanding D.C.” (Washington DC area) for choosing to tour Historic Brown Chapel AME Church today Saturday morning. We appreciate learning about your mission of fighting for social justice as well. It was very encouraging. Keep up the great work! Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr, Tour Guides
This is a group from Long Beach, California consisting of members of 4 United Methodist churches. I had the immense pleasure of telling them the Brown Chapel and Voting Rights story.
Historic Brown Chapel AME Church Tour Guides, Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr., standing in front of the George Washington Carver Homes Projects Historical Landmark, after finishing up a tour with Friends of American Beach on Amelia Island near San Bernandina, Florida.
The Friends of American Beach on Amelia Island near Fernandina Beach, FL, pictured here after a tour at Historic Brown Chapel AME Church, Selma, AL, with Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr., Tour Guides.
More photos of the tour group from Fernandina, FL. Thanks for the work that you’re doing as The Friends of American Beach on Amelia Island. We, at Historic Brown Chapel AME Church thank you for your interest in our history. Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr., Tour Guides
I had the pleasure of providing a tour for the DMV Events & Travel Group of Ft. Washington, MD area on Wednesday @ Historic Brown Chapel AME Church, Selma, AL. This was a very excited and engaging group of seniors. They were a joy to host and they had a great time. We appreciate the extra donation they gave to the church. I am so Blessed that my territory is enlarged through meeting so many wonderful people.
Friends of American Beach on Amelia Island near Fernandina Beach, Florida toured Historic Brown Chapel AME Church today. Dr. Carolyn Jones was the organizer for this engaging and enthusiastic group. Tour Guides-Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr.
The Tuesday Bible Study Group from Institutional AME Church, Chicago, toured Historic Brown Chapel AME Church, Selma on Friday, June 13, 2025. This was a group of 17 and included Mrs. Mary Brown, mother of Dr. Brown, President of Tuskegee University. Joyce O’Neal was the tour guide. After the tour, lunch was at Lannie’s 2 Barbeque. This was a delightful group who truly appreciated the history.
Martha Davis Baptist Church from Jefferson City, TN brought several other churches with them when they toured Historic Brown Chapel AME Church. These churches included: Morning Star Baptist Church Valdosta, GA, Parker Chapel CME Milan, TN, Wallen Ridge Baptist Church Tazewell, TN., Mt. Olive AME Zion Church Waterbury, CO, Victory World Church Atlanta, GA, Abundant Life Church Morristown, TN, New Beginnings Church Whiesburg, TN, Friendship Baptist Church Greenville, TN, Faith Temple Church of God In Christ Morristown, TN, and Cross Culture Church Lithonia, GA. Thanks to all of these churches for their interest in our church.
The First Baptist Church of Webster Groves, St. Louis, Missouri came to get a tour of Historic Brown Chapel AME Church. Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr., Tour Guides.
A Great Big Thank you to the students, teachers, and the Bus Driver, of The University of Evansville Indiana, for your interest in the history of Brown Chapel AME, and our pivotal role in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Movements. Bruce & Linda Holmes, Sr, Tour Guides.
The young lady responsible for bringing students (from The University of Evansville, Indiana) every year, to learn the history of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Movements (Valerie Brown), is pictured here with Bruce L. Holmes, Sr. & Linda Holmes, Tour Guides. Thanks to Ms. Brown for ensuring that our history continues to be shared with our Youth.
Teachers from The University of Evansville pictured here with Linda Holmes, Tour Guide.
Tour Guide Linda Holmes pictured here speaking with some of the students from The University of Evansville (Indiana).
University of Evansville (Indiana) students preparing for the march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Students from The University of Evansville, in Indiana, viewing the George Washington Carver Homes Historical Landmark. Tour Guide Bruce L. Holmes, Sr., is the person responsible for the placement of this landmark.
Melvina Sextin, organizer of the tour group and choir director, Ms. Mary Breedlove, (mother), and grandson, being served after church service by Servant Pastor Leodis Strong. Menu included: smoked wings, smoked turkey breast, cabbage, macaroni and cheese, peach cobbler and sweet tea.
The University of Evansville, IN toured Historic Brown Chapel AME Church today. Tour guides—Bruce L. Holmes, Sr. & Linda Holmes.
Tour Guide, Bruce L. Holmes, Sr., pictured here with Ms. Mary Breedlove, one of the choir members and the secretary of Martha Davis Baptist Church, Jefferson City, TN.
