5.1K views · 733 reactions | Montgomery, Alabama’s first black mayor, Steven Reed, took office today. This historic moment for the city, which served as the first capital of the pro-slavery Confederacy, comes after its long, violent history of lynchings & systemic racism toward African Americans. | POLITICO | Facebook

HISTORIC ALABAMA CEMETERIES: Alabama is home to many historic cemeteries with famous Alabamians buried there. Check out these cemeteries who is buried there 👇 🪦Maple Hill Cemetery 👤Five former Alabama governors: Thomas Bibb, Clement Comer Clay, Reuben Chapman, Robert Patton David Lewis 📍Huntsville 🪦Old Live Oak Cemetery 👤Benjamin Sterling Turner, a formerly enslaved African-American who served as U.S. Representative for Alabama during the Reconstruction era 📍Selma 🪦Oak Hill Cemetery 👤Ja

Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger. She was arrested for her act of "civil disobedience," sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her courageous act of protest is considered the spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement. #RosaParks #RosaParksDay #TheMarchContinues | Black HistoryStudies

Montgomery, Alabama, once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, has elected Steven Reed as its first African American mayor in the city's 200-year history. https://abcn.ws/2IAIX4y | ABC News