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Join the Fight Defend the Historic First Baptist Church of Venice

Get background and FAQs on the plight of the First Baptist Church. Find out how you can help save this historic African-American landmark and help recover and preserve this space as a community resource.

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Latest News

January 21, 2021

SMDP: FBCV seeks letters of support in fight for historic designation

BLM Street Mural Coming to Venice

Dec 2020— Update on First Baptist Church of Venice

History Archives

Venice, CA Black History Gallery

A growing photo collection of Black History in Venice, California. Feel free to email us any photos you may have.
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RARE! : FBCV 75th Ann. Celebration (1985)

Rare booklet from 1985 highlighting the 75th anniversary of the historic First Baptist Church of Venice
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