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Mayor Reed Announces Plans to Start Transforming Neighborhoods in Montgomery

Carrington Cole,
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by Carrington Cole

Mayor Reed held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to talk about big changes to the City of Montgomery. He announced the selection of the Choice Neighborhood Initiative Planning Firm. Selection of the firm marks another milestone in the joint neighborhood development effort. This decision comes after the announcement of the $450,000 grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and…

Extra: A Conversation with Dr. Martin Luther King’s Barber

Jerome Jones,
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by Jerome Jones

Malden Brothers Barbershop sits on Jackson St. in Centennial Hill, a once bustling neighborhood in Montgomery that catered to black citizens at a time when Montgomery was dominated by segregation. Many of the most iconic figures of the civil rights movement were patrons. Nelson Malden was Dr. King’s barber. He remembers their first meeting. “I saw the blue Pontiac pull…