Montgomery Unveils Mural Dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement
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2015 was a historic year for the city of Montgomery, with the 50th anniversary of the march from Selma to Montgomery, as well as the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Montgomery unveiled a new piece of artwork honoring the history making movement.
Artist Bill Ford says it took him more than two months to complete the mural. It highlights the timeline of the Montgomery bus boycott, the March from Selma to Montgomery and the historic speech president Obama made in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge last year. For Ford one of the biggest things that stands out of his piece is a quote from President Obama during his Selma Anniversary Speech. “Nonviolent change is possible. Love and hope can conquer hate.”
“By utilizing the constitution, and getting the right to vote it’s at things into motion that resulted in the election of the first African-American president,” says Ford.
The Mural will make its home at the Rufus Lewis Library, which is a part of the historic trail from Selma to Montgomery.
