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Famous people who attended the University of Alabama ... Bart Starr, born January 9, 1934, in Montgomery. Played quarterback for the Crimson Tide, and later the NFL, where he was voted MVP of ...
That might sound like a macabre pastime, but cemeteries are interesting places filled with history, especially in Alabama. Plenty of famous folks ... titles 1965-1967. Montgomery native was ...
Our news partners at AL.com ... and most famous athlete in track and field history.” He was born in Oakville. Rosa Parks from Macon County Macon County is full of notable people, but the top ...
Parks died in 2005 at the age of 92, but the Alabama native's refusal to give up her bus seat on Dec. 1, 1955, lives on as a iconic story in American history. Here are five facts about that ...
The history woven into Montgomery’s fibers, fueled by oppression and then Black resistance of the 1950s and ‘60s, likely emboldened the Black people who came to Pickett’s aid, Gavin said.
Experience Montgomery ... of Black History Month, "The Journey Starts Here," with the aim of promoting the city as the birthplace of the civil rights movement. The campaign includes place markers ...