Holt Street Baptist Church

History converges at square

Rosa L. Parks and E.D. Nixon, former president of the Alabama NAACP, arrive at court March 19, 1956, in Montgomery. Parks and Nixon lived in the Cleveland Avenue neighborhood. Cleveland Avenue was renamed Rosa L. Parks Avenue. They Too Call Alabama Home: African-American Profiles, 1800-1999 Holt Street Baptist Church, a couple of blocks to the west of Rosa L. Parks Avenue, features a historic marker that explains the important role the church played in the Montgomery bus boycott and the struggle for civil rights.  An estimated 5,000 Montgomery residents met here on Dec. 5, 1955, to launch the Montgomery bus boycott. The church, which has a historic marker from the state, is always open for curbside viewing, but tours of the church are available by appointment.

Cleveland Court Apartments features a historic marker, which describes Rosa L. Parks’ arrest and subsequent journey to becoming the “mother of the civil rights movement.” The building that houses apartments 620-638 of this Montgomery Housing Authority apartment complex was Rosa… The post Cleveland Court Apartments appeared first on Alabama Historical Tours.

He was Alabama’s master bridge builder, but former slave Horace King may have combined his talent with Prattville industrialist Daniel Pratt on other projects.   By Jim Plott Montgomery Advertiser King, noted for his architecture in Alabama and west Georgia,… The post Former Slave Link to Pratt Subject of History Program appeared first on Alabama Historical Tours.

Historic Area looks to Return to Past Glory

Historic Area looks to Return to Past Glory By Robin Bradley Litchfield, Montgomery Advertiser Drive through the neighborhood along Rosa L. Parks Avenue, and you’ll catch a glimpse every now and then of what was one of Montgomery’s most prominent… The post Neighborhood at a Crossroads appeared first on Alabama Historical Tours.

They Too Call Alabama Home: African-American Profiles, 1800-1999 When ASU alumnus Dr. Richard Bailey (1971,1972) was asked to recount the stories of influential African-American Alabamians during Black History Month, he was able to draw from a ready resource – his… The post Three Legends Who Called Alabama Home appeared first on Alabama Historical Tours.

The history and people of one of Montgomery’s oldest neighborhoods were the focus of a special Sunday lecture. Richard Bailey presented the lecture “An Afternoon in Centennial Hill” Sunday at the Church of the Good Shepherd on South Jackson Street.… The post History of Centennial Hill comes to life at Sunday lecture appeared first on Alabama Historical Tours.

History converges at square By Ken L. Spear, Montgomery Advertiser A historic marker unveiled in the town square on Dexter Tuesday took a crowd of Montgomerians back to more than a century ago. The planting of the new marker at Court Square… The post Marker Tells Stories of Slave Trade, Freedom appeared first on Alabama Historical Tours.