New mural unveiled at Montgomery’s Freedom Rides Museum
In honor of the 64th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, a new community mural has been unveiled at the Freedom Rides Museum in downtown Montgomery.
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Foot Soldiers Park opens administrative offices in Selma
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma non-profit committed to the preservation of voting rights history — continues to expand its presence in the Queen City. The goal of Foot Soldiers Park is to preserve Selma’s civil rights history — promote economic development — and prepare the next generation of activists in the fight against racial injustice. The group opened…
Montgomery students get first-land lesson on civil rights history
Some students in Montgomery Public Schools got the chance to learn first-hand what it was like growing up in the city during the Civil Rights era.
Life of Selma civil rights foot soldier remembered in Washington
The life of civil rights foot soldier George Sallie of Selma is being remembered on Capitol Hill in Washington.
