5.2K views · 729 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

Bloody Sunday refers to a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that took place on March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama. John Lewis, who was a young activist at the time and later became a U.S. Congressman, played a key role in leading a peaceful march for voting rights. That day, about 600 protesters, including Lewis and other leaders from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery to

Ms. Delores G. Scott "Lo" was born August 12, 1935 in Montgomery, Alabama to M.L. Graham and Rebecca Tolbert. She departed this life at the age of 90 on December 11, 2025 at home surrounded by her loved ones in Toledo, Ohio. Delores graduated from George Washington Carver and then attended Alabama State University where she graduated in 1958 with her Bachelors of Art. She also played a part in the Civil Rights Movement. Delores came to Toledo, OH in 1958 to begin her adult life and stayed with h

Civil Rights legend Claudette Colvin died Tuesday at age 86. Colvin was just 15 years old when she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Along with other pioneers, Colvin helped inspire the movement that changed the world for millions of Americans. “I could not move because history had me glued to the seat,” she told David Begnaud in 2021 about the experience. | CBS Mornings