HISTORY: The Birth of the Modern Civil Rights Movement in America The arrest of Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955, for her refusal to yield her seat on a Montgomery public transit bus to a white man, in defiance of local segregation laws, provided the impetus for change in the city and the nation. Organizations […]
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Tourism Tuesdays Sept. 03, 2019
Book on Alabama’s path from territory to statehood to be released In memory of a songwriter’s songwriter and Muscle Shoals music icon Huntsville Botanical Garden announces new CEO GUMBO hosting tourism economic development summit Rosa Parks honored with a Barbie doll on Women’s Equality Day Alabama’s Ruffner Mountain focus of new book Murals wanted from […]
Tourism Tuesdays June 26, 2018
Civil rights poster wins national award Gulf Shores unveils $85 million Embassy Suites project near public beachfront Site where Rosa Parks worked reopens as park Rep. Mo Brooks pushes to put ‘Space Force’ command in Alabama Restaurants, sign up now for Alabama Restaurant Week 2018 Alabama Governor’s Conference on Tourism “Partner Pointer” for the tourism […]