Articles related to "Montgomery Alabama"

What do Hank Williams, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Jefferson Davis and F. Scott Fitzgerald have in Common? They all lived in Montgomery, Alabama.

Birthplace of Civil Rights the location of the first church of Dr King and where Rosa Parks kept her seat, Montgomery honors the contributions of Civil Rights leaders.

Early Civil Rights leaders in Montgomery, AL took a stand against segregation. Three historic sites honor these pioneers and mark the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.

From river cruises and historic sites downtown to fine art in the park or ice skating at the mall, there is a lot to see and do in Montgomery, Alabama.

A memorial wall for tolerance, historic markers, and names carved in granite are some of the ways activists in the Civil Rights Movement are remembered in Montgomery, AL.

Fictional accounts with characters or settings in various parts of Alabama have produced many memorable characters, plots, dialogs and issues.

Forget the road map. U. S. Highway 331 goes straight through the heart of south Alabama and is the main route to the Florida Gulf Coast. It's also a great scenic drive.

A group of black students in Monroeville, Alabama are accusing their school of racist treatment towards them. This town is the same depicted in Harper Lee's famous novel.

King meets and marries Coretta Scott. He is jailed during race riots in Montgomery. The King home is bombed. He receives the Spingarn Medal.

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. responds to inequality and helps to lead America's Civil Rights Movement.

With her act of defiance, she became a symbol of the American civil rights movement and was honored with a statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall.

The southeast USA is important to Civil Rights history and a wonderful place to celebrate and honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The social movement that began in Niagara culminated with the direct nonviolent confrontation strategy of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

Zelda (Sayre) Fitzgerald (1900-1948) had a spirit that defined the tumultuous, intoxicating, and mad Roaring Twenties that she loved.

The Ku Klux Klan holds national meeting. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat. King and Malcolm X are assassinated. Watts Riots begin.

The life, times and accomplishments of one of the forerunners of the American Civil Rights Movement, a brave lady named Coretta Scott King.

Learning all 50 states in America can be fun, if you know how to do it creatively. Take a look at some of these ideas.

Bayard Rustin was one of Martin Luther King's top advisors, but his existence is unknown to the greater US community because of his sexual orientation.

It has become accepted wisdom that leaders need emotional intelligence but this is only true if you equate leadership with being an executive.

Getting an uncontested divorce involves resolving issues in advance and properly completing a long list of court forms.

But for the works of ancestors such as Rosa Parks and John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama may not have become who they are, Dr. King's friend has said.

United States: Trivia and information on Michael Moore in Flint, the largest polar exhibit in the world, Henry Ford's factory, Motown, the Great Lakes & Mackinac Island.

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. mounted courage and led the charge for Civil Rights throughout the United States. Impact of his achievements continues.

For years visitors driving to Northwest Florida beaches have made Destin, Fort Walton, Panama City, Pensacola and other Gulf Coast towns their summer vacation destination

A brief look at some events and people to impact history in a major way on this date, December 1.

The life of the acclaimed writer's troubled partner, and a look at Zelda's own writing attempts, ballet career, and ongoing depression following the American Jazz Age.

The bloodiest chapter in American History began when Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

A list taken by a postcard book, "Women Who Dared," revisits brave women from all walks of life who made a positive difference in the lives of women and men.

An attempt to coax the South into firing the first shots of the Civil War failed to secure the tenuous border states.

Martin Luther King's method of nonviolent resistance was the most effective weapon against a racist and unjust social system.

Toleration may be the one element of Enlightenment thinking that has yet to be realized in societies that perpetuate prejudices and religious fanaticism.

One of the world's foremost women pilots, Jacqueline Cochran was the first woman to win the Bendix trophy and break the sound barrier.

The Civil War was not just a white man's war...it involved dozens of Native American tribes, which fought for their own independence. This is the story of the Cherokee.