Second Baptist Church of Redlands
Item
Title
Second Baptist Church of Redlands
Description
The Second Baptist Church of Redlands is the first Black church in the city. Established in 1892, Second Baptist Church was the first church for Black people to attend. Israel Beal, the first Black person to settle in Redlands was one of the founding members and served as an elder. Second Baptist was known early on for their quartet singers and for establishing the Citrus Valley District Usher Board, one of eight districts representing the Union Usher Board State of California, Inc.
Date
1892
Creator
The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
Format
Information Sheet
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Rights Holder
The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project