Rosa Parks remembered in downtown Montgomery
People in downtown Montgomery gathered Friday night to remember Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus 68 years ago helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
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City of Montgomery announces events to remember Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycott
The city of Montgomery has released a list of events to remember the 68th anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Dr. Fred Gray speaks at Faulkner University
Civil rights attorney Dr. Fred Gray, who represented Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks, spoke at Faulkner University in Montgomery.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed Releases Autobiography ‘First, Best’
“I think once I kind of got over the fact that anybody would care about my story it kind of became a little more interesting as we went along through the process.”
Supreme Court Justice honors the memory of four Black girls killed in 1963 church bombing
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the bombing of a Birmingham church that killed four Black girls.
On 60th anniversary of Birmingham church bombing, victim’s sister, suspect’s daughter urge people to stop hate
Sixty years ago today, a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members ripped through a Birmingham church, killing four little girls as they prepared for Sunday services.
For Emmett Till’s family, national monument cements his place in U.S. history
Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose abduction, torture and killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, is now an American story, not just a civil rights story, said Till’s cousin.
Selma Foot Soldiers Meet President Biden During Jubilee
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Security was extremely tight around President Joe Biden during his visit to Selma during the Bridge Crossing Jubilee. But two Selma residents had a close encounter with the President. And neither of them was an elected official — or held a high-ranking position with a national organization. This picture taken during the annual Bridge Crossing…
Mt. Zion Church Celebrates 67th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Zion Church held a celebration to mark the anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 and a commemoration ceremony for the founding of the Montgomery Improvement Association.
Local Pastor Reflects Growing Up in Civil Rights Montgomery, Black History Month
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: The Lilly Baptist Church’s, Pastor Thomas E. Jordan, has been serving the city of Montgomery for over 50 years. Jordan says he was inspired at a young age by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who baptized and later ordained him as a minister. “When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Montgomery in 1954 I think I…
