Montgomery Jail holds tightly to civil rights artifacts, including Rosa Parks’ mug shot
Montgomery County is the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement where, even behind bars, history has been made. That includes mugshots of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and ot hers still being ...
The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...
Filko: Peace is more than the absence of war
We cannot and must not retreat to “fortress America” and with the illusion that we are safe between two oceans, nor can we ...
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Kobe Bryant and Martin Luther King Jr. Among Those Set to Be Honored with Statue in National Garden of American Heroes [Video]
Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass are also among those being honored. It’s unknown when these figures will be constructed. The post Kobe Bryant and Martin Luther King Jr. Among Those Set to Be ...
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[Opinion] Jasmine Crockett's Message About the Role of Black Political Leaders in Trump's America Might Surprise You
With the nation clearly polarized by politics, many Black Americans are wondering where are the leaders who can bring the ...
Montgomery's Beacon Center victim of HVAC theft
Original mugshots of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and many others are still stored in the Montgomery County Jail’s records. Layoffs have come to Tuskegee University, the private institution ...