There are metered parking spaces in and around the train shed and The Alley, Montgomery's thriving downtown entertainment district. One of the fascinations of downtown Montgomery is the fact that there are so many museums and attractions dedicated to telling the story of the city's role in the Civil War of the s and the Civil Rights Movement that occurred nearly a century later.
With Jefferson Davis as its leader, Montgomery served as the cradle of the Confederacy from February 4, , to May 29, A century later, congregations in African American churches conducted peaceful protests to overturn laws allowing segregation. In , when seamstress Rosa Parks was arrested after boarding a Montgomery bus at Court Square and refusing to give up her seat to white passengers, the modern Civil Rights Movement was born.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted a year and ended when a U. Supreme Court decision stopped segregated public transportation in Parks was arrested. The museum chronicles the history of the Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery Bus Boycott through presentations, newspaper clippings and exhibits, including a replica of the bus on which the civil rights pioneer was riding. A block away is the Freedom Rides Museum S. Court St. Interpretive panels on the outside and contemporary artwork on the inside of the museum tell the story of young Freedom Riders who faced mob violence with non-violence and courage in May The museum is located in the Court Square Historic District, which includes the Court Square Fountain and more than two dozen buildings that have stood long past many of the businesses that once occupied them.
Perry Street and then right on Dexter Avenue. You can enter the Capitol by way of the entrance on Dexter Avenue unless you are traveling with an organized tour group or visiting on Saturday, in which case you must enter via the rear entrance at 1 N. Union Street. Once inside, be sure to ask to go upstairs to see the grand spiral staircases illuminated by beautiful chandeliers. Before departing the Capitol, stop by the Goat Hill Museum Store for unique gift items and Alabama-related books and other memorabilia.
Martin Luther King, Jr. The meeting to launch the Montgomery Bus Boycott was held at the church on Dec. The handsome red brick building was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 3, Etched into a granite table overflowing with water are the names of 40 martyrs who died between and during the struggle for civil rights. Vintage Year Not only does the word "vintage" refer to wine, it also characterizes excellence and lasting popularity, a definition that Vintage Year certainly lives up to.
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The County of Montgomery was created by an Act of the Legislature of the Mississippi Territory on December 6, , one year before Congress passed the enabling act, allowing the creation of the Alabama Territory from the Mississippi Territory. Montgomery County was carved out of Monroe County and originally embraced the majority of central Alabama, east of the ridge dividing the Tuscaloosa and Tombigbee Rivers from the Cahaba River, west of the Okfuskee and Coosa, and south of the mountains of Blount.
However, it was soon subdivided and portions were set apart which made up Elmore, Bullock, and Crenshaw counties. Montgomery County was named in memory of Major Lemuel P. Montgomery of Virginia, who fell at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, , becoming the first man to die in the battle. Lawrence Street.
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